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fishifies

fishifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fishify.

Meaning of fishify

Verb

fishify (third-person singular simple present fishifies, present participle fishifying, simple past and past participle fishified)

  1. (transitive) To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.
    • Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo.
      Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified?Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (2016), “herring”, in Shakespeare's Insults: A Pragmatic Dictionary (Arden Shakespeare Dictionary Series), London; New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, →ISBN, page 230
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To make as wet as a fish; to drench with water.
    • […] I have found a cure for his lunatic excellency. Water expelleth fire—marry, when he talks of being an archbishop, souse him, good Tio,—fishify him straight,—may be his madness is a dog madness which flieth from the fountain.1822 December, “Vargas [Vargas: A Tale of Spain, in three volumes. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1822.]”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume XII, number LXXI, Edinburgh: William...

Questions about fishifies

What is fishifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fishifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fishify.

Words near fishifies in the dictionary

  1. fishie
  2. fishier
  3. fishies
  4. fishiest
  5. fishified
  6. fishifies
  7. fishify
  8. fishifying
  9. fishily
  10. fishin'
  11. fishiness

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