"dowdify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: dowdifies [present, singular, third-person], dowdifying [participle, present], dowdified [participle, past], dowdified [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English dowdy English -fy English dowdify From dowdy + -fy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dowdy|-fy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dowdy English -fy English dowdify From dowdy + -fy. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dowdify (third-person singular simple present dowdifies, present participle dowdifying, simple past and past participle dowdified)
  1. (transitive) To make dowdy; to make unfashionable. Tags: transitive Derived forms: dowdification

Inflected forms

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