1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
2. To sour; to imbitter.
His thin existence all acidified into rage.
Carlyle.
Acidimeter
(Ac`id*im"e*ter) n. [L. acidus acid + -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument for ascertaining the
strength of acids. Ure.
Acidimetry
(Ac`id*im"e*try) n. [L. acidus acid + -metry.] (Chem.) The measurement of the strength of
acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to
produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. — Ac`id*i*met"ric*al a.
Acidity
(A*cid"i*ty) n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness
to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
Acidly
(Ac"id*ly) adv. Sourly; tartly.
Acidness
(Ac"id*ness) n. Acidity; sourness.
Acidulate
(A*cid"u*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Acidulating ] [Cf. F. aciduler.
See Acidulous.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot.
Acidulent
(A*cid"u*lent) a. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. "With anxious, acidulent face." Carlyle.
Acidulous
(A*cid"u*lous) a. [L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid.] Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as,
an acidulous tincture. E. Burke.
Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride.
Acierage
(Ac`i*er*age) n. [F. aciérage, fr. acier steel.] The process of coating the surface of a metal
plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
Aciform
(Ac"i*form) a. [L. acus needle + -form.] Shaped like a needle.
Acinaceous
(Ac"i*na"ceous) a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone.] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of
grapes, or grains like them.
Acinaces
(||A*cin"a*ces) n. [L., from Gr. .] (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber.
Acinaciform
(Ac`i*nac"i*form) a. [L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme.] (Bot.) Scimeter-
shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
Acinesia
(||Ac`i*ne"si*a) n. (Med.) Same as Akinesia.
Acinetæ
(||Ac`i*ne"tæ) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'akinhtos immovable.] (Zoöl.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which
in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.
Acinetiform
(Ac`i*net"i*form) a. [Acinetæ + -form.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the Acinetæ.
Aciniform
(A*cin"i*form) a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme.]
1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
2. Full of small kernels like a grape.
