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ornifying

ornifying is the present participle and gerund of ornify.

Meaning of ornify

Verb

ornify (third-person singular simple present ornifies, present participle ornifying, simple past and past participle ornified)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ornament.
    • You marryed wiues, that are ornified with honestie, wisedome, and vertue, I doe acknowledge you to be the glory of your husbands.quoted in 1844, Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages (page 12)

Questions about ornifying

What is ornifying the present participle and gerund of?
Ornifying is the present participle and gerund of ornify.

Words near ornifying in the dictionary

  1. ornibactins
  2. ornidazole
  3. ornified
  4. ornifies
  5. ornify
  6. ornifying
  7. orning
  8. ornipressin
  9. ornis
  10. ornith-
  11. ornith.

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