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carbonify

verb

  1. to reduce to carbon
  2. to make to convert to carbon
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify From carbon + -ify.

  1. To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.