"happify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: happifies [present, singular, third-person], happifying [participle, present], happified [participle, past], happified [past]
Etymology: happy + -fy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|happy|fy}} happy + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} happify (third-person singular simple present happifies, present participle happifying, simple past and past participle happified)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make happy. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-happify-en-verb-LPM4RlgN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy

Inflected forms

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