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finify

/ˈfɪnɪfaɪ/

finify verb: to make fine; to dress finically.

Verb

finify (third-person singular simple present finifies, present participle finifying, simple past and past participle finified)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make fine; to dress finically.
    • Christs coming in the Fleſh here also, plainly finifying his bodily appearance in the World1680, George Keith, The Rector Corrected
    • finifying himself like a Frenchified dandy1878, Dorothy Henrietta Boulger, Maid Ellice

Forms of finify

third-person singular presentfinifies
present participlefinifying
past participlefinified
pastfinified

Origin of finify

From fine + -ify.

Questions about finify

What does finify mean?
Finify means to make fine; to dress finically.
What part of speech is finify?
Finify is a verb.
How do you pronounce finify?
Finify is pronounced /ˈfɪnɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of finify?
The past tense of finify is finified.

Words near finify in the dictionary

  1. finiffs
  2. finified
  3. finifies
  4. finifs
  5. finifugal
  6. finify
  7. finifying
  8. Finigan
  9. Finigans
  10. Finighan
  11. finikin

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