Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nonsensify
Participle: nonsensified
Gerund: nonsensifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nonsensify |
| you | nonsensify |
| he;she;it | nonsensifies |
| we | nonsensify |
| you | nonsensify |
| they | nonsensify |
Perfect
| I | have nonsensified |
| you | have nonsensified |
| he;she;it | has nonsensified |
| we | have nonsensified |
| you | have nonsensified |
| they | have nonsensified |
Past
| I | nonsensified |
| you | nonsensified |
| he;she;it | nonsensified |
| we | nonsensified |
| you | nonsensified |
| they | nonsensified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nonsensified |
| you | had nonsensified |
| he;she;it | had nonsensified |
| we | had nonsensified |
| you | had nonsensified |
| they | had nonsensified |
Future
| I | will nonsensify |
| you | will nonsensify |
| he;she;it | will nonsensify |
| we | will nonsensify |
| you | will nonsensify |
| they | will nonsensify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nonsensified |
| you | will have nonsensified |
| he;she;it | will have nonsensified |
| we | will have nonsensified |
| you | will have nonsensified |
| they | will have nonsensified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nonsensify |
| you | nonsensify |
| he;she;it | nonsensify |
| we | nonsensify |
| you | nonsensify |
| they | nonsensify |
Perfect
| I | have nonsensified |
| you | have nonsensified |
| he;she;it | have nonsensified |
| we | have nonsensified |
| you | have nonsensified |
| they | have nonsensified |
Imperfect
| I | nonsensified |
| you | nonsensified |
| he;she;it | nonsensified |
| we | nonsensified |
| you | nonsensified |
| they | nonsensified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nonsensified |
| you | had nonsensified |
| he;she;it | had nonsensified |
| we | had nonsensified |
| you | had nonsensified |
| they | had nonsensified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nonsensify |
| you | would nonsensify |
| he;she;it | would nonsensify |
| we | would nonsensify |
| you | would nonsensify |
| they | would nonsensify |
Perfect
| I | would have nonsensified |
| you | would have nonsensified |
| he;she;it | would have nonsensified |
| we | would have nonsensified |
| you | would have nonsensified |
| they | would have nonsensified |
Imperative
| you | nonsensify |
| we | Let's nonsensify |
| you | nonsensify |
Verbs conjugated like 'nonsensify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nonsensify'
intensify,
nonsense,
commencify,
consense,
consignify,
convexify,
densify,
ensonify,
extensify,
incentify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *né
3. Proto-Germanic *ne
4. Proto-Indo-European *ís?
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
6. Proto-Germanic *ainaz
7. Proto-Germanic *nainaz
8. Proto-West Germanic *nain
9. Old English nān
10. Middle English non
11. ▲
12. Old English nān
13. Old English nān-
14. Middle English non-
15. English non-
16. Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.
17. Proto-Italic *sentiō
18. Latin sentiō
19. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
20. Proto-Italic *-tus
21. Latin -tus
22. Latin sēnsusbor.
23. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz
24. Frankish *sinnbor.
25. Vulgar Latin *sennus
26. Old French sensbor.
27. Middle English sense
28. English sense
29. English nonsense
30. Latin -i-
31. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
32. Proto-Italic *θakos
33. Proto-Italic *-fakos
34. Latin -ficus
35. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
36. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
37. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
38. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
39. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
40. Proto-Italic *-ājō
41. Proto-Italic *-āō
42. Latin -ō
43. Latin -ficō
44. Latin -ificāreder.
45. Old French -ifierbor.
46. Middle English -ifien
47. English -ify
48. English nonsensify
49. From nonsense + -ify.
Sample Sentences
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Turnbull again obscures and nonsensifies by misprinting "works" for "words." [1872, A. B. Grossart, ed., The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, Printed for private collection, "St. Peter's Complaint," p. 51 (note for stanza 65, line 2)]
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The artist, generalizing from the facts of experience, combines concrete symbols absurdly so as to nonsensify pragmatic reality. [1949, Wilson Library Bulletin,, volume 24, page 241:]
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But Swift will have none of this. He nonsensifies Collins. [2001, Phillip Harth et al., Eighteenth-century Contexts: Historical Inquiries in Honor of Phillip Harth, →ISBN, page 84:]
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The Dutchman, taking the 16th stage of the Tour de France after a solo effort which nonsensified all known laws of human endurance, smiled. [2002, Alun Rees, "Golf: Maruyama outshone," Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), 27 Jul.]