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单词 neatify
释义

neatifyv.

Forms: 1500s–1600s netifie, 1600s 1800s neatify.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: neat adj., -ify suffix.
Etymology: < neat adj. + -ify suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nī·tifəi) /ˈniːtɪfaɪ/.
Obsolete.
transitive. To purify; to make clean or neat; to put in good order. Also occasionally intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]
mereeOE
spurge1303
fine1340
sendre1340
purea1350
purgec1350
purifya1398
depurea1400
clarifyc1430
expurge1483
defecatec1487
subtiliate1551
refine?1572
neatify1581
distil1599
sublimate1601
sweeten1601
depurate1620
infresh1635
lustre1645
lustrate1653
freshen1710
chasten1715
epurate1799
enchastena1806
dispollute1862
1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession 134 The comforte wee [sc. men] finde at womens handes, for..by their industrie we be netified, made more clendly, and kept swete, who otherwise of our selues we should become to bee moste filthie and lothsome creatures.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Attillare, to netifie, or set out with grace, or to make handsome.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 11 With Wines delaied, neatified, and guelded, as it were, by passing thorow an Ipocras bag.
?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads ii. Comm. 34 That which he addeth, is onelie the worke of a woman, to netifie and polish.
1685 R. Baxter One Thing Necessary 38 Did Christ or his Apostles spend their time..neatifying their Bodies, or such like?

Derivatives

neatifying n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun]
purginga1382
expurgationc1420
purgationc1425
undefoilingc1425
purgement1483
sublimating1559
sweetening1591
purgatory1596
purification1597
purge1598
depuration1603
refinement1611
castigation1615
lustrationc1635
purifaction1652
refreshing1719
depurating1762
epuration1800
neatifying1826
vastation1847
1826 R. Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. I. v. 161 The internal decoration, or rather neatifying of the Church, was at length accomplished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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