"flaccify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: flaccifies [present, singular, third-person], flaccifying [participle, present], flaccified [participle, past], flaccified [past]
Etymology: flaccid + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flaccid|ify}} flaccid + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} flaccify (third-person singular simple present flaccifies, present participle flaccifying, simple past and past participle flaccified)
  1. (transitive, rare) To render flaccid. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-flaccify-en-verb-PtE467PI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

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