"fleshify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fleshifies [present, singular, third-person], fleshifying [participle, present], fleshified [participle, past], fleshified [past]
Etymology: flesh + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flesh|ify}} flesh + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} fleshify (third-person singular simple present fleshifies, present participle fleshifying, simple past and past participle fleshified)
  1. To make or become flesh; to incarnate.
    Sense id: en-fleshify-en-verb-e02qeeg~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 48 52
  2. To fatten; to swell; to grow fleshy.
    Sense id: en-fleshify-en-verb-6Jej8KeF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 48 52

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