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To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.

See Salsify.

See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.

To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. John xvii. 17.

In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.

To produce blood from.

any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

give contentment with what is wished for. Death shall . . . with us two Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw. Milton.

So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.

To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.

To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.

Giving satisfaction to one's self.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.

Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden.

eclare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. Swift.

To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. Say.

simplified. A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. W. Nicholson.

Soiled with snuff.

To make solid or compact. Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. H. Spencer.