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36 Verbs That Contain RIF

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Word Definitions Synonyms
aerify (verb) turn into gas Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize
aurify (verb) turn golden
(verb) transform into gold
centrifugate (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids Synonyms: centrifuge
centrifuge (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids Synonyms: centrifugate
chondrify (verb) turn into cartilage
clarify (verb) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible Synonyms: clear up, elucidate
denitrify (verb) remove nitrogen from
devitrify (verb) become crystalline
(verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque
drift (verb) be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
(verb) be subject to fluctuation
(verb) drive slowly and far afield for grazing
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment Synonyms: cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
(verb) be in motion due to some air or water current Synonyms: be adrift, blow, float
(verb) wander from a direct course or at random Synonyms: err, stray
(verb) move in an unhurried fashion
(verb) cause to be carried by a current
(verb) live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely Synonyms: freewheel
(verb) vary or move from a fixed point or course
electrify (verb) equip for use with electricity Synonyms: wire
(verb) charge (a conductor) with electricity
(verb) excite suddenly and intensely
esterify (verb) change (a compound) into an ester
etherify (verb) change into an ether
gentrify (verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
glorify (verb) bestow glory upon
(verb) cause to seem more splendid
(verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Synonyms: spiritualize, transfigure
(verb) praise, glorify, or honor Synonyms: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim
horrify (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, dismay
metrify (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize
(verb) compose in poetic meter
nitrify (verb) treat (soil) with nitrates
(verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound Synonyms: nitrogenise, nitrogenize
(verb) convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
nutrify (verb) give nourishment to Synonyms: aliment, nourish
petrify (verb) change into stone Synonyms: lapidify
(verb) cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
(verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern Synonyms: ossify, rigidify
purify (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation Synonyms: distil, distill, make pure, sublimate
(verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt Synonyms: purge, sanctify
(verb) become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
rarify (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, refine
riff (verb) play riffs
(verb) look through a book or other written material Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riffle, thumb
riffle (verb) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
(verb) twitch or flutter Synonyms: flick, ruffle
(verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples Synonyms: cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate
(verb) look through a book or other written material Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb
rifle (verb) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way Synonyms: go
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip
saccharify (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
(verb) sweeten with sugar Synonyms: sugar
sacrifice (verb) kill or destroy
(verb) endure the loss of Synonyms: give
(verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
(verb) sell at a loss
scarify (verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
(verb) break up
(verb) scratch the surface of
tariff (verb) charge a tariff
terrify (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize
thurify (verb) perfume especially with a censer Synonyms: cense, incense
transmogrify (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of Synonyms: metamorphose, transfigure
trifle (verb) consider not very seriously Synonyms: dally, play
(verb) act frivolously Synonyms: frivol
(verb) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away
trifurcate (verb) divide into three
ultracentrifuge (verb) subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge
verify (verb) confirm the truth of
(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear
(verb) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
(verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard Synonyms: control
vitrify (verb) undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
(verb) change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat

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