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gigantifying

gigantifying is the present participle and gerund of gigantify.

Meaning of gigantify

Verb

gigantify (third-person singular simple present gigantifies, present participle gigantifying, simple past and past participle gigantified)

  1. (transitive) To make gigantic.
    • There is no necessity to gigantify atoms in order to excite our admiration, for they are more wonderful considered in their comparative minuteness; to equalize their description with the hugest animals of the earth is nothing but to render their real feebleness contemptible.1806, Leigh Hunt, “Essay on Brooke”, in Classic Tales: Serious and Lively, volume 1, page 221
    Synonyms:
    giantize, giantise, gigantize, gigantise

Questions about gigantifying

What is gigantifying the present participle and gerund of?
Gigantifying is the present participle and gerund of gigantify.

Words near gigantifying in the dictionary

  1. gigantification
  2. gigantified
  3. gigantifies
  4. gigantiform
  5. gigantify
  6. gigantifying
  7. gigantin
  8. gigantine
  9. gigantiporate
  10. gigantism
  11. gigantisms

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