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justify

Best crossword clue

"Align text edges"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted fijstuyStarts with JEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. adjust the spaces between words

Word origin

From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify.

Used in a sentence

  • How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?
  • Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.
  • What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert th’ Eternal Providence, And justifie the wayes of God to men.

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