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Scotchify

Scotchify verb: to make Scottish; Scottify.

Verb

Scotchify (third-person singular simple present Scotchifies, present participle Scotchifying, simple past and past participle Scotchified)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make Scottish; Scottify.
    • It is curious how Scotchmen will Scotchify the names of persons, places, and things, which were originally Scotch.1866, Andrew Halliday Duff, Town and Country, page 256

Forms of Scotchify

third-person singular presentScotchifies
present participleScotchifying
past participleScotchified
pastScotchified

Origin of Scotchify

From Scotch + -ify.

Questions about Scotchify

What does Scotchify mean?
Scotchify means to make Scottish; Scottify.
What part of speech is Scotchify?
Scotchify is a verb.
What is the past tense of Scotchify?
The past tense of Scotchify is Scotchified.

Words near Scotchify in the dictionary

  1. Scotchgarding
  2. Scotchgards
  3. Scotchification
  4. Scotchified
  5. Scotchifies
  6. Scotchify
  7. Scotchifying
  8. Scotchiness
  9. scotching
  10. Scotchka
  11. Scotchkas

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