nitrify-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate.

Examples:
The compound nitrified.
We nitrified the compound for the experiment.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: nitrify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Treat with a nitrogen compound.

Commentary:
NOTE: in contrast to the first sense, here the nitrogen compound already exists and is added to something else.

Examples:
We should nitrify the soil for the crops.
Farmers often nitrify the substrate.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3