Usage examples (8)

• It can't digest crude organic matter and simultaneously nitrify humus.
• You could not expect it to nitrify humus while it was also being required to digest organic matter.
• A thin layer of solution will nitrify sooner than a deep layer, owing to the larger proportion of oxygen available.
• At any rate it seems to be invariably the case that when a mixture of nitrogen compounds, including ammonia salts, are allowed to nitrify, the nitrogen in the form of...