"sportify" meaning in English

See sportify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sportifies [present, singular, third-person], sportifying [participle, present], sportified [participle, past], sportified [past]
Etymology: sport + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sport|ify}} sport + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} sportify (third-person singular simple present sportifies, present participle sportifying, simple past and past participle sportified)
  1. (transitive, colloquial) To make sporty, or convert into a form of sport. Tags: colloquial, transitive Related terms: sportsification
    Sense id: en-sportify-en-verb-Za07MpqT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

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