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saxify

saxify verb: to turn to rock or stone.

Verb

saxify (third-person singular simple present saxifies, present participle saxifying, simple past and past participle saxified)

  1. (obsolete) To turn to rock or stone

Forms of saxify

third-person singular presentsaxifies
present participlesaxifying
past participlesaxified
pastsaxified

Questions about saxify

What does saxify mean?
Saxify means to turn to rock or stone.
What part of speech is saxify?
Saxify is a verb.
What is the past tense of saxify?
The past tense of saxify is saxified.

Words near saxify in the dictionary

  1. saxifrage
  2. saxifrages
  3. saxifragine
  4. saxifragous
  5. saxifrax
  6. saxify
  7. saxigenous
  8. Saxilby
  9. Saxilby with Ingleby
  10. saxing
  11. saxion

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