finify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈfaɪnɪfaɪ/
- /ˈfɪnɪfaɪ/
Etymology
From fine + -ify.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To make fine; to dress finically.
finifying himself like a Frenchified dandy
1878, Dorothy Henrietta Boulger, Maid Ellice:Christs coming in the Fleſh here also, plainly finifying his bodily appearance in the World
1680, George Keith, The Rector Corrected:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| finified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| finified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| finifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| finifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |