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ethify

ethify verb: to make or cause to become (more) ethical.

Verb

ethify (third-person singular simple present ethifies, present participle ethifying, simple past and past participle ethified)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make or cause to become (more) ethical.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To become ethical.

Forms of ethify

third-person singular presentethifies
present participleethifying
past participleethified
pastethified

Origin of ethify

From ethical + -ify.

Words formed from ethify

Questions about ethify

What does ethify mean?
Ethify means to make or cause to become (more) ethical.
What part of speech is ethify?
Ethify is a verb.
What is the past tense of ethify?
The past tense of ethify is ethified.

Words near ethify in the dictionary

  1. Ethiers
  2. ethification
  3. ethifications
  4. ethified
  5. ethifies
  6. ethify
  7. ethifying
  8. Ethigan'dujehihuraa
  9. ethinamate
  10. ethine
  11. Ethington

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