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sanguify

sanguify verb: to produce blood (from).

Verb

sanguify (third-person singular simple present sanguifies, present participle sanguifying, simple past and past participle sanguified)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To produce blood (from).

Forms of sanguify

third-person singular presentsanguifies
present participlesanguifying
past participlesanguified
pastsanguified

Origin of sanguify

From sangui- + -fy, from Latin sanguis (“blood”). Compare French sanguifier.

Words formed from sanguify

Questions about sanguify

What does sanguify mean?
Sanguify means to produce blood (from).
What part of speech is sanguify?
Sanguify is a verb.
What is the past tense of sanguify?
The past tense of sanguify is sanguified.

Words near sanguify in the dictionary

  1. sanguified
  2. sanguifier
  3. sanguifiers
  4. sanguifies
  5. sanguifluous
  6. sanguify
  7. sanguifying
  8. sanguigenous
  9. sanguiin
  10. sanguinaceous
  11. sanguinamide

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