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indignify

indignify verb: to undignify.

Verb

indignify (third-person singular simple present indignifies, present participle indignifying, simple past and past participle indignified)

  1. (transitive) To undignify
    • Therefore , in closure of a thankful mind , I deem it best to hold eternally Their bounteous deeds and noble favours shrin ' d , Than by discourse them to indignify1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of indignify

third-person singular presentindignifies
present participleindignifying
past participleindignified
pastindignified

Origin of indignify

From Latin indignus (“unworthy”) + -fy.

Questions about indignify

What does indignify mean?
Indignify means to undignify.
What part of speech is indignify?
Indignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of indignify?
The past tense of indignify is indignified.

Words near indignify in the dictionary

  1. indignation
  2. indignations
  3. indignatory
  4. indignified
  5. indignifies
  6. indignify
  7. indignifying
  8. indignities
  9. indignity
  10. indignly
  11. indigo

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