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neatify

neatify verb: to make neat or clean; to purify.

Verb

neatify (third-person singular simple present neatifies, present participle neatifying, simple past and past participle neatified)

  1. (obsolete) To make neat or clean; to purify.
    • It is then no convenient time for a man to wash and netifie [translating decrasser] himselfe when he is assailed by a violent fever.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.9

Forms of neatify

third-person singular presentneatifies
present participleneatifying
past participleneatified
pastneatified

Origin of neatify

From neat + -ify.

Questions about neatify

What does neatify mean?
Neatify means to make neat or clean; to purify.
What part of speech is neatify?
Neatify is a verb.
What is the past tense of neatify?
The past tense of neatify is neatified.

Words near neatify in the dictionary

  1. neathmost
  2. neathouse
  3. neathouses
  4. neatified
  5. neatifies
  6. neatify
  7. neatifying
  8. neatish
  9. neatlier
  10. neatliest
  11. neatline

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