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duncifying

duncifying is the present participle and gerund of duncify.

Meaning of duncify

Verb

duncify (third-person singular simple present duncifies, present participle duncifying, simple past and past participle duncified)

  1. (transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
    • July 8 1759 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd
      Here you have a fellow ten thousand times more duncified than dunce Webster

Questions about duncifying

What is duncifying the present participle and gerund of?
Duncifying is the present participle and gerund of duncify.

Words near duncifying in the dictionary

  1. Dunciads
  2. duncical
  3. duncified
  4. duncifies
  5. duncify
  6. duncifying
  7. duncish
  8. duncishly
  9. duncishness
  10. Dunckley
  11. Dunckleys

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