† princifyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make into a prince; to make princely.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
embroider1629
apotheose1632
grandize1640
engreaten1641
engrandizea1652
mount1651
intronificate1653
magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
1847 W. M. Thackeray Lords & Liv. i Napoleon princified him.
Derivatives
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]
higheOE
drightlikeOE
highlyOE
drightfula1225
prouda1275
principalc1385
solemna1387
gentlec1390
high and mighty1400
imperial?c1400
royalc1405
kinglyc1425
sublimatec1425
lordfulc1429
lordlyc1440
assumpt1447
raiseda1450
haught1470
kinglikec1485
lordlike1488
triumphant1494
greatlya1500
princely?a1510
supereminent1531
princelike1532
lofta1547
lofty1548
regal1561
supernal1562
haughty1563
excelse1569
queen-like?1571
majestical1578
erecteda1586
augustious1591
ennobled1592
imperious1592
enthronized1593
august1594
high-born1598
sublimed1602
jovial1604
majestic1606
enthroned1609
starred1615
exalted1623
majestuous1633
reared1638
sublimary1655
majestative1656
kingrik1663
superb1663
grand1673
celse1708
stilted1744
canonized1790
queenly1791
apotheosized1794
princified1857
1857 W. M. Thackeray Virginians (1858) I. v. 34 The English girls..laughed at the princified airs which she gave herself.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun]
glorifyinga1340
augmentation?a1439
exaltation1490
erection1503
glorification1549
nobilitatinga1552
sublimating1559
ennobling1596
augmention1605
nobilitation1610
stellifyinga1612
engreateningc1614
superexaltation1618
subliminga1626
stellation1635
aggrandization1649
stellification1650
engrandizinga1652
aggrandizement1656
exaltment1660
apotheosis1738
princification1865
ennoblement1871
1865 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 5/2 The Emperor..has been persuaded to do injudicious things—witness the princification of the Iturbides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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