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rubify

rubify verb: to make red; to cause to redden.

Verb

rubify (third-person singular simple present rubifies, present participle rubifying, simple past and past participle rubified)

  1. (rare, transitive) to make red; to cause to redden
  2. (intransitive, rare) to redden; to become red
    • waters rubifying1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story via the 'title' parameter)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne]...

Forms of rubify

third-person singular presentrubifies
present participlerubifying
past participlerubified
pastrubified
alternative formrubefy

Origin of rubify

From French rubéfier.

Questions about rubify

What does rubify mean?
Rubify means to make red; to cause to redden.
What part of speech is rubify?
Rubify is a verb.
What is the past tense of rubify?
The past tense of rubify is rubified.

Words near rubify in the dictionary

  1. rubification
  2. rubifications
  3. rubified
  4. rubifies
  5. rubiform
  6. rubify
  7. rubifying
  8. rubiginose
  9. rubiginous
  10. rubigo
  11. rubijervine

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