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AURIFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aurify mean?
• AURIFY (verb)
The verb AURIFY has 2 senses:
1. transform into gold
2. turn golden
Familiarity information: AURIFY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transform into gold
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "aurify" is one way to...):
metamorphose; transform; transmute (change in outward structure or looks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turn golden
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "aurify" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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