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nonsensifying

nonsensifying is the present participle and gerund of nonsensify.

Meaning of nonsensify

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)

Questions about nonsensifying

What is nonsensifying the present participle and gerund of?
Nonsensifying is the present participle and gerund of nonsensify.

Words near nonsensifying in the dictionary

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

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