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thurifying

thurifying is the present participle and gerund of thurify.

Meaning of thurify

Verb

thurify (third-person singular simple present thurifies, present participle thurifying, simple past and past participle thurified)

  1. (transitive) To cense; to perfume with incense.
    • The smoak of Censing, smoak of Thurifying1641, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his Divine Weekes and Workes, page 574

Questions about thurifying

What is thurifying the present participle and gerund of?
Thurifying is the present participle and gerund of thurify.

Words near thurifying in the dictionary

  1. thurification
  2. thurifications
  3. thurified
  4. thurifies
  5. thurify
  6. thurifying
  7. Thurii
  8. Thuringer
  9. Thuringia
  10. Thuringian
  11. Thuringian sausage

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