Associations to the word «Devitrify»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

DEVITRIFY, verb. (of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle

Dictionary definition

DEVITRIFY, verb. Become crystalline.
DEVITRIFY, verb. Make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.