sprucify in All languages combined

Forms: sprucifies [present, singular, third-person], sprucifying [participle, present], sprucified [participle, past], sprucified [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From spruce + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spruce|ify}} spruce + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} sprucify (third-person singular simple present sprucifies, present participle sprucifying, simple past and past participle sprucified)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spruce",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "spruce + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spruce + -ify.",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sprucified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprucified",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To smarten; spruce up."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "spruce up"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To smarten; spruce up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sprucify"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spruce",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "spruce + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spruce + -ify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sprucifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprucifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprucified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprucified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "sprucify (third-person singular simple present sprucifies, present participle sprucifying, simple past and past participle sprucified)",
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    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To smarten; spruce up."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
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          "spruce up"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To smarten; spruce up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sprucify"
}

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"sprucify" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms