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dummify

dummify verb: to make (something) into a dummy. Also the alternative form of dumbify.

Verb

dummify (third-person singular simple present dummifies, present participle dummifying, simple past and past participle dummified)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) into a dummy.
    • As a consequence, it was not necessary to dummify this variable.1994 June, Marijke ter Voert, Albert Felling, Jan Peters, “The Effect of Religion on Self-Interest Morality”, in Review of Religious Research, volume 35, number 4, [New York, N.Y.]: Religious...

Also used as

dummify is also the alternative form of dumbify.

Forms of dummify

third-person singular presentdummifies
present participledummifying
past participledummified
pastdummified

Origin of dummify

From dummy + -fy.

Questions about dummify

What does dummify mean?
Dummify means to make (something) into a dummy.
What part of speech is dummify?
Dummify is a verb.
What is the past tense of dummify?
The past tense of dummify is dummified.

Words near dummify in the dictionary

  1. dummies
  2. dummies out
  3. dummies up
  4. dummified
  5. dummifies
  6. dummify
  7. dummifying
  8. dumminess
  9. dummkopf
  10. dummkopfs
  11. Dumms

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