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desanctifies

desanctifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 desanctifies

What is desanctifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Desanctifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desanctify.

Words near desanctifies in the dictionary

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

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