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mellifying

mellifying is the present participle and gerund of mellify.

Meaning of mellify

Verb

mellify (third-person singular simple present mellifies, present participle mellifying, simple past and past participle mellified)

  1. (transitive) To embalm in honey.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To make honey.

Questions about mellifying

What is mellifying the present participle and gerund of?
Mellifying is the present participle and gerund of mellify.

Words near mellifying in the dictionary

  1. mellifluously
  2. mellifluousness
  3. mellifluousnesses
  4. mellifulous
  5. mellify
  6. mellifying
  7. melligenous
  8. melligo
  9. melliloquent
  10. Mellin
  11. Mellin transform

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