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laetificating

laetificating is the present participle and gerund of laetificate.

Meaning of laetificate

Verb

laetificate (third-person singular simple present laetificates, present participle laetificating, simple past and past participle laetificated)

  1. (ambitransitive, formal, rare) To make, or become, happy.
    • It is called the laetificant, or Powder of gladness, from its effect, for it laetificates the heart and spirits1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl., A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick: […] , translation of original by Jean de Renou
  2. (formal, rare, transitive) To enrich; to fertilize.

Questions about laetificating

What is laetificating the present participle and gerund of?
Laetificating is the present participle and gerund of laetificate.

Words near laetificating in the dictionary

  1. Laetare Sunday
  2. Laetare Sundays
  3. laetificate
  4. laetificated
  5. laetificates
  6. laetificating
  7. laetification
  8. Laetitia
  9. laetmogonid
  10. laetmogonids
  11. laetrile

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