| 单词 | to finify it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto finify it transitive. To make fine; to adorn, deck, ‘trick up’. to finify it: see quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (intransitive)] trick?1532 mundify1568 prune1568 to finify it1586 prink1591 brisk1592 tiff1700 fetish1735 beautify1777 adonize1781 fix1783 smart1794 smarten1813 titivate1835 primp1887 doll1916 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 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 40 Her rotten trunk and rustie face she finified than. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pimper, to sprucifie, or finifie it; curiously to pranke, trimme, or tricke vp himselfe. 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. iii. 65 Get you gon—and finefy your knacks. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. x. 41 Some..dress'd the Pages in Womens Cloths, and finified them like any Babies. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 73 Ef he [sc. this new judge] is the slicked up finefied sort on a character they pictur' him, I don't want to see him. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 222/1 They [sc. women] air obleiged ter set out a table all tricked up an' finified off. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Finify, to be over-nice in doing anything. < as lemmas |
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