ignifying
ignifying is the present participle and gerund of ignify.
Meaning of ignify
Verb
ignify (third-person singular simple present ignifies, present participle ignifying, simple past and past participle ignified)
- 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
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- What is ignifying the present participle and gerund of?
- Ignifying is the present participle and gerund of ignify.
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