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shabbify

shabbify verb: to make (something) shabby; to shabby.

Verb

shabbify (third-person singular simple present shabbifies, present participle shabbifying, simple past and past participle shabbified)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) shabby; to shabby.
  2. (intransitive) To become shabby; to shabby.

Forms of shabbify

third-person singular presentshabbifies
present participleshabbifying
past participleshabbified
pastshabbified

Origin of shabbify

From shabby + -ify (suffix meaning ‘to make’ forming verbs).

Questions about shabbify

What does shabbify mean?
Shabbify means to make (something) shabby; to shabby.
What part of speech is shabbify?
Shabbify is a verb.
What is the past tense of shabbify?
The past tense of shabbify is shabbified.

Words near shabbify in the dictionary

  1. shabbier
  2. shabbiest
  3. shabbification
  4. shabbified
  5. shabbifies
  6. shabbify
  7. shabbifying
  8. shabbily
  9. shabbiness
  10. shabbinesses
  11. shabbing

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