bonifyv.

Brit.

/ˈbɒnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbɑnəˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1600s bonifie, 1600s 1800s– bonify.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bonifier.

Etymology: < Middle French, French bonifier to make better, improve (1549 or earlier), to do good to (late 16th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1603), to give a bonus to (1712) < Italian bonificare to make better, improve (especially land) (16th cent.), to give a bonus to (1707) < post-classical Latin bonificare to improve, to benefit (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < bonificus (attested in a glossary), alteration (after classical Latin bonus good: see bonus n.) of classical Latin beneficus benefic adj.; compare -fy suffix. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier bonification n.In quot. 1654 at sense 2 rendering Hebrew yāṭaḇ to make good, improve ( < ṭōḇ good: see mazeltov n.); in quot. 1678 translating Hellenistic Greek ἀγαθοποιεῖν, lit. ‘to make good’ ( < ἀγαθός good + ποιεῖν to make). In sense 3 perhaps after bonification n. 2.

†1. transitive. To do good to, to benefit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)]

helpc1000

goodOE

steadc1175

to do (one) boot?c1225

advancec1330

profitc1330

availc1384

servea1398

vaila1400

vailc1400

prevail1442

advantage?1459

vantagec1460

bootc1540

benefit1549

conduce?1577

to serve (one) in some, no stead1601

bonify1603

answer1756

better1833

to stand to ——1841

to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 527 To bonifie [Fr. bonifier] or benifit.

2. transitive. To make (something, esp. that which is bad or unsatisfactory) good or better; to improve.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > make good [verb (transitive)]

poise1601

bonify1654

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets (Hosea x. 1) 138 Idolaters desire to be where there are good lands, fruitfull fields: that they may..so beautifie, or (as the Hebrew word here is) bonifie their images, as Jezebel did her head with tires and brave dresses.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 221 To be able to Bonifie [Gk. ἀγαθοποιεῖν] Evils, or Tincture them with Good.

1867 Hampshire Advertiser 21 Sept. 7/6 The process of ‘bonifying’ and aging wines and brandies has..been in vogue a long time.

1880 Minerva Aug. 177 The Romans did..bonify the air and soil of their city by filling up marshes and constructing sewers.

1922 Valve World Oct. 352 The genial editorial writer..strives each week through his columns to ‘bonify’ humankind.

1989 Kenyon Rev. 11 194 If art is hypothetical in nature it is something to be verified or bonified by experience, in a process entailing reconsideration of what had been assumed.

1999 D. Felix Keynes p. xvii Bonifying the somewhat abbreviated life left to him, this ultimate relationship will strengthen the inner man.

†3. transitive. To give a bonus to; to supplement with a bonus. Cf. bonification n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1825 Morning Post 21 Feb. 1/3 (advt.) An established concern, of extensive business and undoubted credit, and in which the party embarking the same will be bonified and insured a clear seven per cent. per annum.

1889 Morning Post 9 Apr. 6/5 (advt.) Interest on the old Bonds from the 1st January to the 31st March last will be bonified by a cash payment.

1905 Glasgow Herald 3 Nov. 6/5 These preferences are given not to bonify one German trader competing with other German traders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bonify
释义	bonifyv. Brit. /ˈbɒnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈbɑnəˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1600s bonifie, 1600s 1800s– bonify. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bonifier. Etymology: < Middle French, French bonifier to make better, improve (1549 or earlier), to do good to (late 16th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1603), to give a bonus to (1712) < Italian bonificare to make better, improve (especially land) (16th cent.), to give a bonus to (1707) < post-classical Latin bonificare to improve, to benefit (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < bonificus (attested in a glossary), alteration (after classical Latin bonus good: see bonus n.) of classical Latin beneficus benefic adj.; compare -fy suffix. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier bonification n.In quot. 1654 at sense 2 rendering Hebrew yāṭaḇ to make good, improve ( < ṭōḇ good: see mazeltov n.); in quot. 1678 translating Hellenistic Greek ἀγαθοποιεῖν, lit. ‘to make good’ ( < ἀγαθός good + ποιεῖν to make). In sense 3 perhaps after bonification n. 2. †1. transitive. To do good to, to benefit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] helpc1000 goodOE steadc1175 to do (one) boot?c1225 advancec1330 profitc1330 availc1384 servea1398 vaila1400 vailc1400 prevail1442 advantage?1459 vantagec1460 bootc1540 benefit1549 conduce?1577 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 bonify1603 answer1756 better1833 to stand to ——1841 to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 527 To bonifie [Fr. bonifier] or benifit. 2. transitive. To make (something, esp. that which is bad or unsatisfactory) good or better; to improve. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > make good [verb (transitive)] poise1601 bonify1654 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets (Hosea x. 1) 138 Idolaters desire to be where there are good lands, fruitfull fields: that they may..so beautifie, or (as the Hebrew word here is) bonifie their images, as Jezebel did her head with tires and brave dresses. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 221 To be able to Bonifie [Gk. ἀγαθοποιεῖν] Evils, or Tincture them with Good. 1867 Hampshire Advertiser 21 Sept. 7/6 The process of ‘bonifying’ and aging wines and brandies has..been in vogue a long time. 1880 Minerva Aug. 177 The Romans did..bonify the air and soil of their city by filling up marshes and constructing sewers. 1922 Valve World Oct. 352 The genial editorial writer..strives each week through his columns to ‘bonify’ humankind. 1989 Kenyon Rev. 11 194 If art is hypothetical in nature it is something to be verified or bonified by experience, in a process entailing reconsideration of what had been assumed. 1999 D. Felix Keynes p. xvii Bonifying the somewhat abbreviated life left to him, this ultimate relationship will strengthen the inner man. †3. transitive. To give a bonus to; to supplement with a bonus. Cf. bonification n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1825 Morning Post 21 Feb. 1/3 (advt.) An established concern, of extensive business and undoubted credit, and in which the party embarking the same will be bonified and insured a clear seven per cent. per annum. 1889 Morning Post 9 Apr. 6/5 (advt.) Interest on the old Bonds from the 1st January to the 31st March last will be bonified by a cash payment. 1905 Glasgow Herald 3 Nov. 6/5 These preferences are given not to bonify one German trader competing with other German traders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1603
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