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sprucify

sprucify verb: to smarten; spruce up.

Verb

sprucify (third-person singular simple present sprucifies, present participle sprucifying, simple past and past participle sprucified)

  1. (transitive) To smarten; spruce up.

Forms of sprucify

third-person singular presentsprucifies
present participlesprucifying
past participlesprucified
pastsprucified

Origin of sprucify

From spruce + -ify.

Questions about sprucify

What does sprucify mean?
Sprucify means to smarten; spruce up.
What part of speech is sprucify?
Sprucify is a verb.
What is the past tense of sprucify?
The past tense of sprucify is sprucified.

Words near sprucify in the dictionary

  1. sprucier
  2. spruciest
  3. sprucification
  4. sprucified
  5. sprucifies
  6. sprucify
  7. sprucifying
  8. sprucing
  9. sprucing up
  10. sprucy
  11. sprue

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