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prudifies

prudifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prudify.

Meaning of prudify

Verb

prudify (third-person singular simple present prudifies, present participle prudifying, simple past and past participle prudified)

  1. (rare) To make prudish.
    • Nor was he wrong, as far as regarded Gertrude and himself; Miss Freemantle soon forgetting her strange gallants, their hoped-for proposals, and the anticipated delight of weighing, and calculating and prudifying, previous to the magnanimous finale of rejection.1829, The English in France, volume 1, page 139

Questions about prudifies

What is prudifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prudifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prudify.

Words near prudifies in the dictionary

  1. Prudhoe Bay
  2. prudhomme
  3. prudhommes
  4. prudhommie
  5. prudification
  6. prudifies
  7. prudify
  8. prudifying
  9. prudish
  10. prudishly
  11. prudishness

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