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nonsensify

nonsensify verb: to treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Verb

nonsensify (third-person singular simple present nonsensifies, present participle nonsensifying, simple past and past participle nonsensified)

  1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
    • Turnbull again obscures and nonsensifies by misprinting "works" for "words."1872, A. B. Grossart, ed., The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, Printed for private collection, "St. Peter's Complaint," p. 51 (note for stanza 65, line 2)
    • The artist, generalizing from the facts of experience, combines concrete symbols absurdly so as to nonsensify pragmatic reality.1949, Wilson Library Bulletin,, volume 24, page 241

Forms of nonsensify

third-person singular presentnonsensifies
present participlenonsensifying
past participlenonsensified
pastnonsensified

Origin of nonsensify

From nonsense + -ify.

Words formed from nonsensify

Questions about nonsensify

What does nonsensify mean?
Nonsensify means to treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
What part of speech is nonsensify?
Nonsensify is a verb.
What is the past tense of nonsensify?
The past tense of nonsensify is nonsensified.

Words near nonsensify in the dictionary

  1. nonsensicalness
  2. nonsensification
  3. nonsensifications
  4. nonsensified
  5. nonsensifies
  6. nonsensify
  7. nonsensifying
  8. nonsensing
  9. nonsensitive
  10. nonsensitiveness
  11. nonsensitivity

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