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verb · transitive

babify

babify · babifies · babified · babifying

To encourage to behave like a babyTo encourage to behave like a baby; to infantilize.

Meaning

1 senses

To encourage to behave like a baby; to infantilize.

Origin

From baby + -fy.

From baby + -fy.

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Forms

babifies, babifying, babified, babified

Base form	babify · to babify
3rd person singular	babifies
Present participle	babifying
Past simple	babified
Past participle	babified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	babify
he, she, it	babifies

Past simpleLesson

all persons

babified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have babified
he, she, it	has babified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will babify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

babbleC2 babe babel babka babyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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