"stubbify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stubbifies [present, singular, third-person], stubbifying [participle, present], stubbified [participle, past], stubbified [past]
Etymology: stub + -ify Etymology templates: {{af|en|stub|-ify}} stub + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} stubbify (third-person singular simple present stubbifies, present participle stubbifying, simple past and past participle stubbified)
  1. (transitive, computing) To make (something) use stubs (placeholder procedures). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-stubbify-en-verb-QwGRdPDc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 60 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (transitive) To reduce (something) to a stub. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stubbify-en-verb-rIuE1KMA

Inflected forms

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