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lucifying

lucifying is the present participle and gerund 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 lucifying

What is lucifying the present participle and gerund of?
Lucifying is the present participle and gerund of lucify.

Words near lucifying in the dictionary

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

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