"mellify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mellifies [present, singular, third-person], mellifying [participle, present], mellified [participle, past], mellified [past]
Etymology: From Latin mellificāre (“to make honey”), or mel (“honey”) + -ify. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mellificāre|gloss=to make honey}} Latin mellificāre (“to make honey”), {{m|la|mel|gloss=honey}} mel (“honey”), {{suffix|en||ify}} + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} mellify (third-person singular simple present mellifies, present participle mellifying, simple past and past participle mellified)
  1. (transitive) To embalm in honey. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mellify-en-verb-QGIragct Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To make honey. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-mellify-en-verb-lUvxTiVk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mellification

Inflected forms

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