"nominify" meaning in All languages combined

See nominify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: nominifies [present, singular, third-person], nominifying [participle, present], nominified [participle, past], nominified [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} nominify (third-person singular simple present nominifies, present participle nominifying, simple past and past participle nominified)
  1. (linguistics) To convert into a noun. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-nominify-en-verb-jsMZWSSX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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