sicklify en · VERB
Etymology
From sickly + -fy.
Meanings
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(dated, nonstandard, rare, transitive) To make sickly or sickish
[…] and sent forth as supposed good books, only to serve as trash, instead of bread, for Sunday-school children, and to sicklify and sentimentalize good girls; while they are the derision of all the stronger minded.
1874, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, volume 18, London, page 192:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sicklifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sicklifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sicklified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sicklified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |