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lucifies

lucifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lucify.

Meaning of lucify

Verb

lucify (third-person singular simple present lucifies, present participle lucifying, simple past and past participle lucified)

  1. (uncommon) To make clear or understandable.
    • In thy mind tho' Nature lit a torch, / To lucify life's choicest mysteries, / But if thou flarest it our eyes to scorch, / And sear thy own in black obscurities, / Thou'rt not the lamp nor Zeno for my porch, But beacon-fire[…]1834, Hans Busk, The lay of life, a poem, page 76

Questions about lucifies

What is lucifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lucifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lucify.

Words near lucifies in the dictionary

  1. luciferousness
  2. lucifers
  3. luciferyl
  4. lucific
  5. lucified
  6. lucifies
  7. luciform
  8. lucifugal
  9. lucifugally
  10. lucifugous
  11. lucifugus

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