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plentify, v.|ˈplɛntɪfaɪ| [f. plenty + -fy.] †1. trans. To make plenteous; to enrich; to fertilize (soil). Obs.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. iii. 123 Wherewith thei so plentifie their grounde, that thei communely receiue two hundred busshelles for a busshell. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. i. Abraham 1145 God his own with blessings plentifies. 1608R. Johnson Seven Champions A iij b, After this the land was plentified with Citties. 2. intr. To become plentiful. dial.
1901Gwendoline Keats Tales Dunstable Weir (Devon. dial.) 208 Wi' the coming o' warmer weather and the plentifying o' eggs he would be hiszulf agin. |