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rubifying

rubifying is the present participle and gerund of rubify.

Meaning of rubify

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]...

Questions about rubifying

What is rubifying the present participle and gerund of?
Rubifying is the present participle and gerund of rubify.

Words near rubifying in the dictionary

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

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