v. [f. L. auri- comb. f. aurum gold + -FY, L. ficāre to make. Cf. F. aurifier.] trans. and intr. To turn into gold.
1652. Ashmole’s Theat. Chem., 369. Made full pure And aurified.
1687. Turkish Spy, IV. xx. 354. Mercury … aurifies the very seed of Gold.
1800. Lamb, in Lett. (1837), vi. 54. Guineas that now lie ripening and aurifying in … some undiscovered Potosi.
