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oldifying

oldifying is the present participle and gerund of oldify.

Meaning of oldify

Verb

oldify (third-person singular simple present oldifies, present participle oldifying, simple past and past participle oldified)

  1. To cause to appear older.
    • He is become very tottering & oldified & Souk now beats him in bodily strength.1938, Baroness Dorothea Mary Roby Thorpe Charnwood, Call Back Yesterday, page 172

Questions about oldifying

What is oldifying the present participle and gerund of?
Oldifying is the present participle and gerund of oldify.

Words near oldifying in the dictionary

  1. oldies but goodies
  2. oldies goldies
  3. oldified
  4. oldifies
  5. oldify
  6. oldifying
  7. Oldina
  8. oldish
  9. oldishness
  10. Oldknow
  11. Oldknows

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