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suavify

suavify verb: to make affable or suave.

Verb

suavify (third-person singular simple present suavifies, present participle suavifying, simple past and past participle suavified)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make affable or suave.
    • But 'mid the cheer, so rich in all its shapes,
      Nothing the Host so valued as his grapes.
      Good humour reign'd—they pleas'd the Laird—
      (Eating much tends to suavify the mood)1824, The Spirit of the Public Journals, page 444

Forms of suavify

third-person singular presentsuavifies
present participlesuavifying
past participlesuavified
pastsuavified

Origin of suavify

From suave + -ify.

Questions about suavify

What does suavify mean?
Suavify means to make affable or suave.
What part of speech is suavify?
Suavify is a verb.
What is the past tense of suavify?
The past tense of suavify is suavified.

Words near suavify in the dictionary

  1. suaviates
  2. suaviating
  3. suaviation
  4. suavified
  5. suavifies
  6. suavify
  7. suavifying
  8. suaviloquence
  9. suaviloquent
  10. suaviloquy
  11. suavious

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