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pestify

pestify verb: to pester or annoy.

Verb

pestify (third-person singular simple present pestifies, present participle pestifying, simple past and past participle pestified)

  1. To pester or annoy
  2. To treat with a pesticide

Forms of pestify

third-person singular presentpestifies
present participlepestifying
past participlepestified
pastpestified

Origin of pestify

From pesti- + -fy.

Questions about pestify

What does pestify mean?
Pestify means to pester or annoy.
What part of speech is pestify?
Pestify is a verb.
What is the past tense of pestify?
The past tense of pestify is pestified.

Words near pestify in the dictionary

  1. pestiducts
  2. pestiferous
  3. pestiferously
  4. pestiferousness
  5. pestification
  6. pestify
  7. pestilence
  8. pestilences
  9. pestilent
  10. pestilential
  11. pestilentially

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