"densify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: densifies [present, singular, third-person], densifying [participle, present], densified [participle, past], densified [past]
Etymology: From dense + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dense|ify}} dense + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} densify (third-person singular simple present densifies, present participle densifying, simple past and past participle densified)
  1. (transitive) To make (more) dense. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-densify-en-verb-CMPqHhe5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (intransitive) To become (more) dense. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-densify-en-verb-IZqHZNWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dedensified, densification, densifier

Inflected forms

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