fishifying

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...