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torpifying

torpifying is the present participle and gerund of torpify.

Meaning of torpify

Verb

torpify (third-person singular simple present torpifies, present participle torpifying, simple past and past participle torpified)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.

Questions about torpifying

What is torpifying the present participle and gerund of?
Torpifying is the present participle and gerund of torpify.

Words near torpifying in the dictionary

  1. torpidness
  2. torpids
  3. torpified
  4. torpifies
  5. torpify
  6. torpifying
  7. torpitude
  8. torpitudes
  9. torple
  10. torpled
  11. torples

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