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neatifying

neatifying is the present participle and gerund of neatify.

Meaning of neatify

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

Questions about neatifying

What is neatifying the present participle and gerund of?
Neatifying is the present participle and gerund of neatify.

Words near neatifying in the dictionary

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

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