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salinify

salinify verb: to increase the salinity of; to make salty.

Verb

salinify (third-person singular simple present salinifies, present participle salinifying, simple past and past participle salinified)

  1. To increase the salinity of; to make salty.
    • Salinifying the lake would in all probability cure the nuisance. This would not involve insuperable difficulties inasmuch as the level of the lake is already maintained by pumping and not by natural flow. Salinifying would probably be[…]1936, Colombo Museum, Administration Report of the Director

Forms of salinify

third-person singular presentsalinifies
present participlesalinifying
past participlesalinified
pastsalinified

Origin of salinify

From saline + -ify.

Questions about salinify

What does salinify mean?
Salinify means to increase the salinity of; to make salty.
What part of speech is salinify?
Salinify is a verb.
What is the past tense of salinify?
The past tense of salinify is salinified.

Words near salinify in the dictionary

  1. saliniferous
  2. salinification
  3. salinified
  4. salinifies
  5. saliniform
  6. salinify
  7. salinifying
  8. saliniketal
  9. saliniketals
  10. salinilactam
  11. salinise

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