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countrifying

countrifying is the present participle and gerund of countrify.

Meaning of countrify

Verb

countrify (third-person singular simple present countrifies, present participle countrifying, simple past and past participle countrified)

  1. (transitive) To make rural or rustic.
    • LOVEL. When I am properly habited, you ſhall get me introduced to Philip as one of your Tenant's Sons, who wants to be made a good Servant of. / FREEMAN. They will certainly diſcover you. / LOVEL. Never fear, I'll be ſo countrify'd that you ſhall not know me.1759, James Townley, High Life below Stairs. A Farce of Two Acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 3rd edition, London: Printed for J[ohn] Newbery, at the Bible and Sun in St....
    Antonyms:
    citify
  2. (especially, transitive) To make more like country music.

Questions about countrifying

What is countrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Countrifying is the present participle and gerund of countrify.

Words near countrifying in the dictionary

  1. countrification
  2. countrified
  3. countrifiedness
  4. countrifies
  5. countrify
  6. countrifying
  7. countriman
  8. countring
  9. countrol
  10. countrolled
  11. countrolling

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