† bawdefyv.
Obsolete. rare.
? To make gay, deck.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > trim or deck out
perfurnish1375
enflourish?a1400
varnish14..
perform1420
to pick outc1429
polish?1440
trimc1516
to set out1523
trick?1532
face1542
trick1545
prank1546
tricka1555
bawdefy1562
tickle1567
prink1573
finify1586
deck1587
decore1603
betrima1616
fangle1615
beprank1648
prim1688
to garnish outa1704
decorate1782
to do off1794
dizen1807
tricolatea1825
fal-lal1845
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory His coate..was of cloth garded with a burgunian garde of bare velvet, well bawdefied on the halfe placard and squalioted in the fore quarters.
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