Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons:veinn., -ifysuffix.
Etymology: < veinn. + -ifysuffix.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To produce or form veins.
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veinefy1615
1615 H. CrookeΜικροκοσμογραϕια 57 True it is, that in the Bones there is, that I may so say, a power to bonify or make bones, in the veins to veinefy, so there be an apt disposition of the matter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021).