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prudifying

prudifying is the present participle and gerund 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 prudifying

What is prudifying the present participle and gerund of?
Prudifying is the present participle and gerund of prudify.

Words near prudifying in the dictionary

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

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