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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

whitify en · VERB

Etymology

From white + -ify.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To convert (a country, a group, etc) to the white race or culture.
    • If I need to whitify myself to fit in, then I'm not hanging out with the right people. That's not to say that being bicultural is any easier than being bipolar, especially when the cultures are polar opposites of each other. 2012, Justina Chen, Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies):

Forms

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whitifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
whitified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
whitified Tense=Past lexicographic
whitifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

whitenize