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vitrify (VI-truh-fai) - v., to convert into a glass or a glass-like substance through heat fusion; to be converted into glass.
So both a transitive and intransitive verb. The relevant Wikipedia article is glass transition, which is a rather complicated topic as a glass is a rather complicated substance compared to a crystal. The relevant etymology is (in the 1590s) Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum, glass, ultimately from the PIE root *wed-ro-, water-like (vitrum was also used for woad), from *wed-, water.
---L.
So both a transitive and intransitive verb. The relevant Wikipedia article is glass transition, which is a rather complicated topic as a glass is a rather complicated substance compared to a crystal. The relevant etymology is (in the 1590s) Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum, glass, ultimately from the PIE root *wed-ro-, water-like (vitrum was also used for woad), from *wed-, water.
---L.
