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lustrifying

lustrifying is the present participle and gerund of lustrify.

Meaning of lustrify

Verb

lustrify (third-person singular simple present lustrifies, present participle lustrifying, simple past and past participle lustrified)

  1. (obsolete) To give luster to; to make lustrous.
    • Ointment, wherewith she sprinkles o'er her face, And lustrifies her beauty's dying grace.1864, Robert Chambers, The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities, page 42
  2. (obsolete) To illuminate or clarify.
    • Well now, p'raps you can lustrify my officials?1850, Howard Taubman, Fashion; or Life in New York. A comedy in five acts, page 2

Questions about lustrifying

What is lustrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Lustrifying is the present participle and gerund of lustrify.

Words near lustrifying in the dictionary

  1. lustreware
  2. lustrewares
  3. lustrified
  4. lustrifies
  5. lustrify
  6. lustrifying
  7. lustrine
  8. lustrines
  9. lustring
  10. lustrings
  11. lustrious

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