neatify en · VERB
Etymology
From neat + -ify.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To make neat or clean; to purify.
It is then no convenient time for a man to wash and netifie [translating decrasser] himselfe when he is assailed by a violent fever.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neatified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| neatified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| neatifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| neatifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |