entify
entify verb: to make into an entity, attribute objective existence to.
Verb
entify (third-person singular simple present entifies, present participle entifying, simple past and past participle entified)
- To make into an entity, attribute objective existence to.
- The man unnerved me, but his nonsensical rambling became a sort of entertaining white-noise sound track to everything that I pretended or perhaps hoped would entify, cystallize, or coalesce at some point into something vaguely useful or at least coherent, however shapeless.2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 151
Forms of entify
| third-person singular present | entifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | entifying |
| past participle | entified |
| past | entified |
Questions about entify
- What does entify mean?
- Entify means to make into an entity, attribute objective existence to.
- What part of speech is entify?
- Entify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of entify?
- The past tense of entify is entified.
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