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ignify

ignify verb: to form into fire.

Verb

ignify (third-person singular simple present ignifies, present participle ignifying, simple past and past participle ignified)

  1. (obsolete) To form into fire.
    • For Ignition in ſome is the end of Uſtion, in others, Uſtion is not terminated till smoke expire; and yet many ſtones may be ignified three or four times, and ſtill ſuffunded with a certain humour, till they be bray'd.1647, Richard Tomlinson (translator and reviser), Jean de Renou⁽ᶠʳ⁾, A Medicinal Dispensatory, [1623, Jean de Renou, Dispensatorium medicum], page 68
    • […]found, that the whole quantity of Aer ignify'd[…].1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport: Or Two Thouſand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, To Amuſe and Divert the Age, page 146

Forms of ignify

third-person singular presentignifies
present participleignifying
past participleignified
pastignified

Origin of ignify

From igni- + -fy.

Questions about ignify

What does ignify mean?
Ignify means to form into fire.
What part of speech is ignify?
Ignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of ignify?
The past tense of ignify is ignified.

Words near ignify in the dictionary

  1. ignifies
  2. ignifluous
  3. igniform
  4. ignifuge
  5. ignifuges
  6. ignify
  7. ignifying
  8. ignigenous
  9. ignimbrite
  10. ignimbrites
  11. ignimbritic

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