单词 | whiggify |
释义 | Whiggifyv. Usually somewhat depreciative. historical after mid 19th cent. transitive. To make (a person) a Whig or Whiggish; to imbue (someone or something) with the principles or outlook of the Whigs or Whig Party. Torify v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [verb (transitive)] > behave like a Whig towards > make Whiggish Whiggify1681 bewhig1832 1681 Song of New Plot (single sheet) The Joyner he did march to Oxford to be Try'd, Where he did find a Jury, who were not Whiggify'd. 1682 ‘Philanax Misopappas’ Tory Plot: 2nd Pt. 3 If he preach up nothing but Hell and Heaven, and a good Life,..D - - - me, says he, this Fellow's Whiggefi'd. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 364 They may aid..in whiggifying some of the propositions of the government. 1861 John Bull 19 Oct. 664/3 How they all took the Parliamentary constitution of old England in hand, and how it was meant to be permanently Whiggified—a design that has not been wholly successful—we have all heard. 2005 H. Deutsch Loving Dr. Johnson (new ed.) 118 The recent debate in Johnsonian critical circles over Johnson as Jacobite and politically representative of an age unjustly Whiggified by academic liberals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < v.1681 |
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