safetify

present singular third person safetifies · participle present safetifying · participle past safetified · past safetified

1. nonstandardrareTo make safe, to add safety to.

   These cheap, electrical substitutes for real safety have not only failed to safetify, …

   1920, “The Certified List of Elevator Killings in the Borough of Manhattan Alone, 1907 to 1915 inclusive”, in The Elevator Constructor, page 9

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   If all life were appraised at the same value there would be a stampede of owners to safetify their shaftway doors, where 85% of all elevator fatalities occur.

   1916, “The Man is Dead! (Ad for Shur-Loc elevator safety)”, in The International Steam Engineer, page 65

   I put a little rug over that slick area on the kitchen floor. That should safetify it. / "Safetify" it? Safetify isn't a word. Sure it is. I've heard it before. / It is NOT a word. Okay, fine! I'm not going to argufy with you.

   2017 April 20, Brian Crane, Pickles, retrieved 21 Apr 2018

   Synonyms: safeguard, secure