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mundify

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[muhn-duh-fahy] / ˈmʌn dəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

mundified, mundifying

  1. to cleanse; deterge.

    to mundify a wound.

  2. to purge or purify.

    to mundify a person of past sins.

Other Word Forms

  • unmundified adjective

Etymology

Origin of mundify

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mundificāre, equivalent to Latin mundi-, stem of mund ( us ) clean + -ficare -fy

Example Sentences

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The same in Powder, and a Lotion made thereof, is much used by the Savages, to mundify old Ulcers, and for several other Uses; being highly esteem'd among them.

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