gasify

American  

[gas-uh-fahy] / ˈgæs əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with or without object)

gasified, gasifying

1. to convert into or become a gas.

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gasify British  

/ ˈɡæsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make into or become a gas

2. to subject (coal, etc) to destructive distillation to produce gas, esp for use as a fuel

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Other Word Forms

• gasifiable adjective
• gasification noun
• gasifier noun

Etymology

Origin of gasify

First recorded in 1820–30; gas + -ify

Example Sentences

The experience of the Kemper County Energy Facility in Mississippi, a $7.5 billion plant designed to gasify coal and capture the emissions, remains fresh in many utility executives' minds, observers said.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2017

The plant, near Vero Beach, Fla., adjacent to an Indian River County landfill, will begin with plant waste, including palm tree leaves, and will gasify it.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011

V. vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Any force that causes gases to contract will do the same thing, of course—for example, cold; and ceteris paribus removal of pressure and expansion by heat will act so as to gasify liquids.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

It will take about three hours completely to gasify the 50 grammes of carbide under these conditions.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)