Transitive Verbs That Start with P and End with Y

Explore 58 verified English transitive verbs starting with P and ending with Y, including Play, Pay, Pretty, Primary, Pray, Pity and Puppy. Sort these action words that take a direct object by word length for clear sentence construction and active voice writing below, or study direct object patterns and examples in our verb grammar guide.

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pay
parody
pacify
palsy
parlay
parry
panfry
pandy
personify
petrify
pelletify
phony
photocopy
phenocopy
pity
pillory
pipeclay
pinguefy
play
ply
plebify
portray
pony
pornify
poddy
postmodify
postmultiply
pretty
primary
pray
pry
prophesy
prepay
preoccupy
prettify
prequalify
prespecify
prebuy
preapply
premultiply
premodify
presurvey
precertify
prenotify
preachify
preamplify
predry
prosify
presignify
presanctify
predy
puppy
purify
putty
purvey
putrefy
pulpify

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