cretify

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verb

To become impregnated with salts of lime.

OriginLatin creta →
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Meanings

verbcretify (third-person singular simple present cretifies, present participle cretifying, simple past and past participle cretified)

present singular third person cretifies · participle present cretifying · participle past cretified · past cretified

  1. intransitiveobsoletemedicineTo become impregnated with salts of lime.

Origin

  1. Latincreta“chalk”
  2. Englishcretify

From Latin creta (“chalk”) + -ify.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

cretify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cretify

MLA

“cretify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cretify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cretify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cretify.

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