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aurify

/ˈɔːɹɪˌfaɪ/

aurify verb: to turn into gold.

Verb

aurify (third-person singular simple present aurifies, present participle aurifying, simple past and past participle aurified)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To turn into gold.
    • The alchemist's dream was ever to aurify base metal.

Forms of aurify

third-person singular presentaurifies
present participleaurifying
past participleaurified
pastaurified

Origin of aurify

From aur- + -ify.

Questions about aurify

What does aurify mean?
Aurify means to turn into gold.
What part of speech is aurify?
Aurify is a verb.
How do you pronounce aurify?
Aurify is pronounced /ˈɔːɹɪˌfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of aurify?
The past tense of aurify is aurified.

Words near aurify in the dictionary

  1. aurified
  2. aurifies
  3. auriflamme
  4. auriflammes
  5. auriform
  6. aurify
  7. aurifying
  8. Auriga
  9. aurigal
  10. aurigation
  11. aurigerous

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