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capacify

/kəˈpæsɪfaɪ/

capacify verb: to qualify, to allow.

Verb

capacify (third-person singular simple present capacifies, present participle capacifying, simple past and past participle capacified)

  1. (obsolete) To qualify, to allow.
    • the benefice he is capacified and designed fora. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...

Forms of capacify

third-person singular presentcapacifies
present participlecapacifying
past participlecapacified
pastcapacified

Origin of capacify

From Latin capax, capacis (“capacious”) + -fy.

Questions about capacify

What does capacify mean?
Capacify means to qualify, to allow.
What part of speech is capacify?
Capacify is a verb.
How do you pronounce capacify?
Capacify is pronounced /kəˈpæsɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of capacify?
The past tense of capacify is capacified.

Words near capacify in the dictionary

  1. capably
  2. Capac
  3. capacetabine
  4. capacified
  5. capacifies
  6. capacify
  7. capacifying
  8. capacious
  9. capaciously
  10. capaciousness
  11. capaciousnesses

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