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safetifying

safetifying is the present participle and gerund of safetify.

Meaning of safetify

Verb

safetify (third-person singular simple present safetifies, present participle safetifying, simple past and past participle safetified)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) To make safe, to add safety to.
    • If all life were appraised at the same value there would be a stampede of owners to safetify their shaftway doors, where 85% of all elevator fatalities occur.1916, “The Man is Dead! (Ad for Shur-Loc elevator safety)”, in The International Steam Engineer, page 65
    Synonyms:
    safeguard, secure

Questions about safetifying

What is safetifying the present participle and gerund of?
Safetifying is the present participle and gerund of safetify.

Words near safetifying in the dictionary

  1. safetied
  2. safeties
  3. safetified
  4. safetifies
  5. safetify
  6. safetifying
  7. safetiness
  8. safety
  9. safety arch
  10. safety arches
  11. safety area

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