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lucify

lucify verb: to make clear or understandable.

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
    • I dare persume^([sic]) that not one of you knows what subject you are endeavoring to lucify; […]1860, Susanna Paine, Wait and See ..., page 157

Forms of lucify

third-person singular presentlucifies
present participlelucifying
past participlelucified
pastlucified

Origin of lucify

Related to lucid.

Questions about lucify

What does lucify mean?
Lucify means to make clear or understandable.
What part of speech is lucify?
Lucify is a verb.
What is the past tense of lucify?
The past tense of lucify is lucified.

Words near lucify in the dictionary

  1. luciform
  2. lucifugal
  3. lucifugally
  4. lucifugous
  5. lucifugus
  6. lucify
  7. lucifying
  8. lucigen
  9. lucigenin
  10. lucigens
  11. lucigraph

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