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zincify

American

[zing-kuh-fahy] / ˈzɪŋ kəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

zincified, zincifying

to cover or impregnate with zinc.

Other Word Forms

zincification noun

Etymology

Origin of zincify

First recorded in 1795–1805; zinc + -i- + -fy

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