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ladyfy

ladyfy verb: to make ladylike.

Verb

ladyfy (third-person singular simple present ladyfies, present participle ladyfying, simple past and past participle ladyfied)

  1. (transitive) To make ladylike.
  2. (transitive) To bestow the title of Lady on (a woman).
    • Your father was / An honest country farmer, goodman Humble. / By his neighbours ne'er call'd Master. Did your pride / Descend from him? but let that pass: your fortune, / Or rather your hunsband's industry, advanced you / To the rank of a merchant's wife. He made a knight, / And your sweet...1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 4, page 400

Forms of ladyfy

third-person singular presentladyfies
present participleladyfying
past participleladyfied
pastladyfied
alternative formladify

Origin of ladyfy

From lady + -fy.

Questions about ladyfy

What does ladyfy mean?
Ladyfy means to make ladylike.
What part of speech is ladyfy?
Ladyfy is a verb.
What is the past tense of ladyfy?
The past tense of ladyfy is ladyfied.

Words near ladyfy in the dictionary

  1. ladyfishes
  2. ladyfolk
  3. ladyfolks
  4. ladyfriend
  5. ladyfriends
  6. ladyfy
  7. ladyfying
  8. ladyhood
  9. ladying
  10. ladyish
  11. ladyism

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