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operafy

operafy verb: to make into an opera or into the style of an opera; to make operatic.

Verb

operafy (third-person singular simple present operafies, present participle operafying, simple past and past participle operafied)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make into an opera or into the style of an opera; to make operatic.
    • But somebody must save the Fair. I hear that DeKoven and Smith are going to operafy it.2010, Henry Fuller, Joseph Dimuro, The Cliff-Dwellers, page 261

Forms of operafy

third-person singular presentoperafies
present participleoperafying
past participleoperafied
pastoperafied

Origin of operafy

From opera + -fy.

Questions about operafy

What does operafy mean?
Operafy means to make into an opera or into the style of an opera; to make operatic.
What part of speech is operafy?
Operafy is a verb.
What is the past tense of operafy?
The past tense of operafy is operafied.

Words near operafy in the dictionary

  1. operadic
  2. operads
  3. operafication
  4. operafied
  5. operafies
  6. operafy
  7. operafying
  8. operagoer
  9. operagoers
  10. operagoing
  11. operalike

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