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neatify, v. Now rare or Obs.|ˈniːtɪfaɪ|
Also 6 netify, 7 -fie.
[f. neat a. + -ify.]
trans. To make neat, to purify. Hence ˈneatifying.
1601Holland Pliny II. 11 With Wines delaied, neatified, and guelded, as it were, by passing thorow an Ipocras bag. c1611Chapman Iliad ii. Comm. 34 That which he addeth is onelie the worke of a woman, to netifie and polish. 1684Baxter One Thing Nec. Pract. Wks. 1830 X. 424 Did Christ or his apostles spend their time..neatifying their bodies, or such like? 1826Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. I. v. 161 The internal decoration, or rather neatifying of the Church, was at length accomplished. |