Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lucify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-ci-fy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make clear or understandable.

Example Sentences

"In thy mind tho' Nature lit a torch, / To lucify life's choicest mysteries, / But if thou flarest it our eyes to scorch, / And sear thy own in black obscurities, / Thou'rt not the lamp nor Zeno for my porch, But beacon-fire[…]"
"I dare persume^([sic]) that not one of you knows what subject you are endeavoring to lucify; […]"
"In an effort to lucify the subject and assist them to guess the meaning of the word, with an approximate accuracy, Miss Schofield asked them to tell her what she would have were she to marry. A little girl, almost ten, replied,[…]"

Etymology

Related to lucid.

Inflected Forms

lucifies (present, singular) lucifying (participle, present) lucified (participle, past) lucified (past)

Questions

What does lucify mean?: To make clear or understandable.
Where does lucify come from?: Related to lucid.

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