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carnifying

carnifying is the present participle and gerund of carnify.

Meaning of carnify

Verb

carnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)

  1. (intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
    • The Soul […] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presencea. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

Questions about carnifying

What is carnifying the present participle and gerund of?
Carnifying is the present participle and gerund of carnify.

Words near carnifying in the dictionary

  1. carnifices
  2. carnificial
  3. carnified
  4. carnifies
  5. carnify
  6. carnifying
  7. carnin
  8. Carniola
  9. Carniolan
  10. Carniolan honeybee
  11. Carniolan honeybees

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