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precisify

precisify verb: to make precise; to make more precise.

Verb

precisify (third-person singular simple present precisifies, present participle precisifying, simple past and past participle precisified)

  1. To make precise; to make more precise.
    • To precisify is to rule out the possibility of certain truth-value gaps.1996, Rosanna Kenney, Vagueness: A Reader, page 129

Forms of precisify

third-person singular presentprecisifies
present participleprecisifying
past participleprecisified
pastprecisified

Origin of precisify

From precise + -ify. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about precisify

What does precisify mean?
Precisify means to make precise; to make more precise.
What part of speech is precisify?
Precisify is a verb.
What is the past tense of precisify?
The past tense of precisify is precisified.

Words near precisify in the dictionary

  1. precisians
  2. precisification
  3. precisifications
  4. precisified
  5. precisifies
  6. precisify
  7. precisifying
  8. precising
  9. precising definition
  10. precising definitions
  11. precision

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