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subjectify en · VERB

Etymology

From subject + -ify. Attested since the 19th century.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To turn into a subject.
    • Leyden was essentially of the old and dying school, a versifier like Pope, but not a poet, a jingler of rhymes and a selecter of appropriate epithets and artistic scenes, but destitute of self-unconsciousness, of natural elegance, of aesthetic culture, of deep feeling, of ability to "subjectify" himself, of the gift, in a word, that raises man nearer to God than any, save inspiration, our race has every enjoyed. 1858, Calcutta Review, volume 31, page 39:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
subjectifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
subjectifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
subjectified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
subjectified Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

desubjectify