neatify

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verb

To make neat or clean; to purify.

First used 16th–17th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbneatify (third-person singular simple present neatifies, present participle neatifying, simple past and past participle neatified)

present singular third person neatifies · participle present neatifying · participle past neatified · past neatified

  1. obsoleteTo make neat or clean; to purify.First known use 16th–17th c.

    It is then no convenient time for a man to wash and netifie [translating decrasser] himselfe when he is assailed by a violent fever.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.9

Origin

From neat + -ify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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