trendifyv.
/ˈtrɛndɪfʌɪ/ colloquial.
transitive. To make trendy; to give a modern or fashionable appearance to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (transitive)]
to give vogue1688
trendify1969
1969 Guardian 21 Aug. 9/1 Gallery Five..were the first to trendify Christmas cards.
1977 Times 17 Nov. 14/6 The Conservative Party's Community Affairs department..has been engaged in a process of ‘trendifying’ the Tories.
1984 Financial Times 28 July i. 11/2 The old Sauvage where I had my first real French meal..has been trendified to look like a British bistro/wine bar.
Derivatives
(Chiefly dismissive.)
trendifiˈcation n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > making fashionable
trendification1988
1988 Financial Times 26 Jan. i. 17/3 For all the obvious smartening-up and trendification that was going on round about, perhaps because of it, one could see just how marvellous a place it was.
ˈtrendified adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > made fashionable
trendified1986
1986 Time 4 Aug. 43/1 Here was the first great spectacle graced with the trendified traditionalism of the second generation, the young royals. Even the Queen forsook her trademark bucket-size handbag.
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