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THURIFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thurify mean?
• THURIFY (verb)
The verb THURIFY has 1 sense:
1. perfume especially with a censer
Familiarity information: THURIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perfume especially with a censer
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "thurify" is one way to...):
odorize; odourise; scent (cause to smell or be smelly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
thus (an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation)
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