"dummify" meaning in English

See dummify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dummifies [present, singular, third-person], dummifying [participle, present], dummified [participle, past], dummified [past]
Etymology: From dummy + -fy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dummy|-fy}} dummy + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} dummify (third-person singular simple present dummifies, present participle dummifying, simple past and past participle dummified)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) into a dummy. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dummify-en-verb-fnAXdK-S Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -fy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: dummifies [present, singular, third-person], dummifying [participle, present], dummified [participle, past], dummified [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dummify (third-person singular simple present dummifies, present participle dummifying, simple past and past participle dummified)
  1. Alternative form of dumbify (to make stupid) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dumbify (extra: to make stupid)
    Sense id: en-dummify-en-verb-xupTa2IJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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