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worldproof en · VERB

Etymology

From world + -proof.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.
    • So, since you can't kidproof the world, you do your best to worldproof the kid. 2012, Carlo Rotella, Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories, page 114:
    • Their task was a remarkable one: to world-proof the inventory of the military. To make sure that objects didn't stop working whenever they moved. 2019, Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire:

Forms

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worldproofs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
worldproofed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
worldproofed Tense=Past lexicographic
worldproofing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic