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chertify

chertify verb: to change into chert.

Verb

chertify (third-person singular simple present chertifies, present participle chertifying, simple past and past participle chertified)

  1. To change into chert.

Forms of chertify

third-person singular presentchertifies
present participlechertifying
past participlechertified
pastchertified

Origin of chertify

From chert + -ify.

Questions about chertify

What does chertify mean?
Chertify means to change into chert.
What part of speech is chertify?
Chertify is a verb.
What is the past tense of chertify?
The past tense of chertify is chertified.

Words near chertify in the dictionary

  1. chertiest
  2. chertification
  3. chertifications
  4. chertified
  5. chertifies
  6. chertify
  7. chertifying
  8. chertiness
  9. cherts
  10. Chertsey
  11. cherty

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