salinify

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verb

To increase the salinity of; to make salty.

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Meanings

verbsalinify (third-person singular simple present salinifies, present participle salinifying, simple past and past participle salinified)

present singular third person salinifies · participle present salinifying · participle past salinified · past salinified

  1. To increase the salinity of; to make salty.

    Salinifying the lake would in all probability cure the nuisance. This would not involve insuperable difficulties inasmuch as the level of the lake is already maintained by pumping and not by natural flow. Salinifying would probably be[…]

    1936, Colombo Museum, Administration Report of the Director

Origin

From saline + -ify.

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APA

salinify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinify

MLA

“salinify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinify. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salinify,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salinify.

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