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desanctified

desanctified is the simple past and past participle of desanctify.

Meaning of desanctify

Verb

desanctify (third-person singular simple present desanctifies, present participle desanctifying, simple past and past participle desanctified)

  1. (transitive) To remove the sanctified status of.
    • His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are.1991 September 22, Alan Trachtenberg, “UNIVERSITY PRESSES; Shaping America's Dreams in Chicago”, in The New York Times

Questions about desanctified

What is desanctified the simple past and past participle of?
Desanctified is the simple past and past participle of desanctify.

Words near desanctified in the dictionary

  1. DeSalvo
  2. DeSalvos
  3. desaminotyrosine
  4. desanctification
  5. desanctifications
  6. desanctified
  7. desanctifies
  8. desanctify
  9. desanctifying
  10. DeSanctimonious
  11. DeSanctis-Cacchione syndrome

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