mundify
[ muhn-duh-fahy ]
/ ˈmʌn dəˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), mun·di·fied, mun·di·fy·ing.
to cleanse; deterge: to mundify a wound.
to purge or purify: to mundify a person of past sins.
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Origin of mundify
1375–1425; late Middle English <Late Latin mundificāre, equivalent to Latin mundi-, stem of mund(us) clean + -ficare-fy
OTHER WORDS FROM mundify
un·mun·di·fied, adjectiveWords nearby mundify
Munda, mundane, mundane astrology, mundanity, Mundelein, mundify, Mundugumor, mundungus, mu-neutrino, mung, munga
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