"cretify" meaning in All languages combined

See cretify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cretifies [present, singular, third-person], cretifying [participle, present], cretified [participle, past], cretified [past]
Etymology: From Latin creta (“chalk”) + -ify. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|creta||chalk}} Latin creta (“chalk”), {{suffix|en||ify}} + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} cretify (third-person singular simple present cretifies, present participle cretifying, simple past and past participle cretified)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete, medicine) To become impregnated with salts of lime. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: cretifaction

Inflected forms

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