"sicklify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sicklifies [present, singular, third-person], sicklifying [participle, present], sicklified [participle, past], sicklified [past]
Etymology: From sickly + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sickly|fy}} sickly + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} sicklify (third-person singular simple present sicklifies, present participle sicklifying, simple past and past participle sicklified)
  1. (transitive, rare, dated, nonstandard) To make sickly or sickish Tags: dated, nonstandard, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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