"truthify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: truthifies [present, singular, third-person], truthifying [participle, present], truthified [participle, past], truthified [past]
Etymology: truth + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|truth|ify}} truth + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} truthify (third-person singular simple present truthifies, present participle truthifying, simple past and past participle truthified)
  1. To make true.
    Sense id: en-truthify-en-verb-8EeEEpxL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

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