Nitrifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nitrify \Ni"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Nitrifying}.] [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See
     {Niter}.] (Chem.)
     To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by
     oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or
     produce by, nitrification.


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