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xerifies

xerifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of xerify.

Meaning of xerify

Verb

xerify (third-person singular simple present xerifies, present participle xerifying, simple past and past participle xerified)

  1. To make xeric (dry).
    • Severe fires xerify forest sites by consuming much of the forest floor and perhaps even organic matter in the mineral soil , as well as by exposing the site to greater solar radiation through canopy reduction. Conversion of mesic sites to xeric conditions[…]1991, Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives : Proceedings of an International Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 20-24, 1990, page 17

Questions about xerifies

What is xerifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Xerifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of xerify.

Words near xerifies in the dictionary

  1. xerif
  2. xeriff
  3. xeriffs
  4. xerification
  5. xerified
  6. xerifies
  7. xerifs
  8. xerify
  9. xerifying
  10. xerine
  11. xerines

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