finify

F4I1N1I1F4Y4
/ˈfɪnɪfaɪ//ˈfaɪnɪfaɪ/

verb

To make fine; to dress finically.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbfinify (third-person singular simple present finifies, present participle finifying, simple past and past participle finified)

present singular third person finifies · participle present finifying · participle past finified · past finified

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make fine; to dress finically.

    finifying himself like a Frenchified dandy

    1878, Dorothy Henrietta Boulger, Maid Ellice
    1 more example

    Christs coming in the Fleſh here also, plainly finifying his bodily appearance in the World

    1680, George Keith, The Rector Corrected

Origin

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APA

finify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finify

MLA

“finify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finify.

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