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virilify

virilify verb: to make virile.

Verb

virilify (third-person singular simple present virilifies, present participle virilifying, simple past and past participle virilified)

  1. (transitive) To make virile.

Forms of virilify

third-person singular presentvirilifies
present participlevirilifying
past participlevirilified
pastvirilified

Origin of virilify

From virile + -ify.

Questions about virilify

What does virilify mean?
Virilify means to make virile.
What part of speech is virilify?
Virilify is a verb.
What is the past tense of virilify?
The past tense of virilify is virilified.

Words near virilify in the dictionary

  1. virilescent
  2. virilia
  3. Virilian
  4. virilified
  5. virilifies
  6. virilify
  7. virilifying
  8. virilisation
  9. virilisations
  10. virilise
  11. virilised

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