"finify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪnɪfaɪ/, /ˈfaɪnɪfaɪ/ Forms: finifies [present, singular, third-person], finifying [participle, present], finified [participle, past], finified [past]
Etymology: fine + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fine|ify}} fine + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} finify (third-person singular simple present finifies, present participle finifying, simple past and past participle finified)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make fine; to dress finically. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-finify-en-verb-15xwGep1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for finify meaning in English (1.6kB)

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