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desanctifying

desanctifying is the present participle and gerund 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 desanctifying

What is desanctifying the present participle and gerund of?
Desanctifying is the present participle and gerund of desanctify.

Words near desanctifying in the dictionary

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

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