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malignify

/məˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/

malignify verb: to make malign or malignant.

Verb

malignify (third-person singular simple present malignifies, present participle malignifying, simple past and past participle malignified)

  1. (transitive) To make malign or malignant.
    • a strong faith malignified1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […]...

Forms of malignify

third-person singular presentmalignifies
present participlemalignifying
past participlemalignified
pastmalignified

Origin of malignify

From malign + -ify.

Questions about malignify

What does malignify mean?
Malignify means to make malign or malignant.
What part of speech is malignify?
Malignify is a verb.
How do you pronounce malignify?
Malignify is pronounced /məˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of malignify?
The past tense of malignify is malignified.

Words near malignify in the dictionary

  1. maligners
  2. malignes
  3. malignest
  4. malignified
  5. malignifies
  6. malignify
  7. malignifying
  8. malignin
  9. maligning
  10. malignins
  11. malignities

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