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nigrifying

nigrifying is the present participle and gerund of nigrify.

Meaning of nigrify

Verb

nigrify (third-person singular simple present nigrifies, present participle nigrifying, simple past and past participle nigrified)

  1. (transitive) To make black in colour; to blacken.
    • An adventurous London journalist, who is going to Abyssinia in advance of the expedition, tried to nigrify himself recently with tincture of iodine.1868, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volumes 27-28, page 97

Questions about nigrifying

What is nigrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Nigrifying is the present participle and gerund of nigrify.

Words near nigrifying in the dictionary

  1. nigricant
  2. nigrification
  3. nigrified
  4. nigrifies
  5. nigrify
  6. nigrifying
  7. nigrin
  8. nigrine
  9. nigrins
  10. nigrita
  11. nigritas

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