jellify, v.
(ˈdʒɛlɪfaɪ)
Also jellyfy.
[See -fy.]
1. trans. To convert into jelly; to reduce to the consistence of jelly.
| 1806 Southey Lett. (1856) I. 374 My solids seem to be jellified by so much shaking. 1866 Blackmore Cr. Nowell lvii. (1883) 396 A little snake, semi-transparent and jellified. |
2. intr. To become or turn into a jelly.
| 1880 I. L. Bird Japan II. 201 Soap jellyfies, ink turns mouldy. |
Hence ˈjellified ppl. a.; also ˌjellifiˈcation, the action of ‘jellifying’.
| 1864 Sala in Daily Tel. 1 Nov., A bundle of jellyfied seaweed. 1881 Sat. Rev. 24 Sept. 383/2 In process of jellification. 1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. Taylor) 374 The washing of the jellified emulsion to remove from it the crystallizable salts. |