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demorifying

demorifying is the present participle and gerund of demorify.

Meaning of demorify

Verb

demorify (third-person singular simple present demorifies, present participle demorifying, simple past and past participle demorified)

  1. To make nonmoraic; to remove a mora from something.
    • If the moraic trochee is maintained, it is necessary to say that refooting applies once footing has demorified the lengthening coda consonants.2011, Mirco Ghini, Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola, page 134

Questions about demorifying

What is demorifying the present participle and gerund of?
Demorifying is the present participle and gerund of demorify.

Words near demorifying in the dictionary

  1. Demorests
  2. demorification
  3. demorified
  4. demorifies
  5. demorify
  6. demorifying
  7. demorphinization
  8. demorphinize
  9. demorphinized
  10. demorphinizes
  11. demorphinizing

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