safetify en · VERB
Etymology
From safety + -ify.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare) To make safe, to add safety to.
I put a little rug over that slick area on the kitchen floor. That should safetify it. / "Safetify" it? Safetify isn't a word. Sure it is. I've heard it before. / It is NOT a word. Okay, fine! I'm not going to argufy with you.
2017 April 20, Brian Crane, Pickles, retrieved 21 Apr 2018:If all life were appraised at the same value there would be a stampede of owners to safetify their shaftway doors, where 85% of all elevator fatalities occur.
1916, “The Man is Dead! (Ad for Shur-Loc elevator safety)”, in The International Steam Engineer, page 65:These cheap, electrical substitutes for real safety have not only failed to safetify, …
1920, “The Certified List of Elevator Killings in the Borough of Manhattan Alone, 1907 to 1915 inclusive”, in The Elevator Constructor, page 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| safetifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| safetifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| safetified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| safetified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |