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profanize

profanize verb: to make profane.

Verb

profanize (third-person singular simple present profanizes, present participle profanizing, simple past and past participle profanized)

  1. (transitive) To make profane.

Forms of profanize

third-person singular presentprofanizes
present participleprofanizing
past participleprofanized
pastprofanized

Origin of profanize

From profane + -ize.

Questions about profanize

What does profanize mean?
Profanize means to make profane.
What part of speech is profanize?
Profanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of profanize?
The past tense of profanize is profanized.

Words near profanize in the dictionary

  1. profanism
  2. profanities
  3. profanity
  4. profanity delay
  5. profanity delays
  6. profanize
  7. profanized
  8. profanizes
  9. profanizing
  10. profanum vulgus
  11. profarmer

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