"hornify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hornifies [present, singular, third-person], hornifying [participle, present], hornified [participle, past], hornified [past]
Etymology: From horny + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|horny|fy}} horny + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} hornify (third-person singular simple present hornifies, present participle hornifying, simple past and past participle hornified)
  1. (transitive) To make horny, or like horn in texture; to harden. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hornify-en-verb-EVg5aKGz
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To make horny; to excite sexually; to arouse. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-hornify-en-verb-XVTGEYOo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 49 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 22 54 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 52 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 69 15
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To horn; to cuckold. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-hornify-en-verb-JKI4rY5W Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 38 62

Inflected forms

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