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stellifying

stellifying is the present participle and gerund of stellify.

Meaning of stellify

Verb

stellify (third-person singular simple present stellifies, present participle stellifying, simple past and past participle stellified)

  1. (transitive) To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such
    • In Classical mythology, being stellified was about the greatest posthumous honor for a mortal.
  2. (transitive) To turn into a star.
    • An alternative way to stellify the planet may be to not collapse Jupiter, but instead to introduce a collapsed object into its core.1989, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, 109: 75

Questions about stellifying

What is stellifying the present participle and gerund of?
Stellifying is the present participle and gerund of stellify.

Words near stellifying in the dictionary

  1. Stelliferous Era
  2. stellified
  3. stellifies
  4. stelliform
  5. stellify
  6. stellifying
  7. stelligerous
  8. stelling
  9. Stellingen
  10. stellings
  11. Stellingwarfs

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