"gigantify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gigantifies [present, singular, third-person], gigantifying [participle, present], gigantified [participle, past], gigantified [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gigantify (third-person singular simple present gigantifies, present participle gigantifying, simple past and past participle gigantified)
  1. (transitive) To make gigantic. Tags: transitive Synonyms: giantize, giantise, gigantize, gigantise Derived forms: gigantification
    Sense id: en-gigantify-en-verb-mkusNUBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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