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suavifying

suavifying is the present participle and gerund of suavify.

Meaning of suavify

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

Questions about suavifying

What is suavifying the present participle and gerund of?
Suavifying is the present participle and gerund of suavify.

Words near suavifying in the dictionary

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

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