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bonify, v.|ˈbɒnɪfaɪ|
[ad. F. bonifie-r (in Cotgr.), f. L. bonus good + -fier:—L. -ficāre to make.]
†1. trans. To do good to, benefit. Obs.
1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 493 To bonifie or benefit.
2. To make good, turn into good.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 221 To be able to Bonifie Evils, or Tincture them with Good. Ibid. 876 The Divine Art..appeareth, in Bonifying these Evils. 1880Minerva Aug. 177 The Romans did..bonify the air and soil of their city by filling up marshes and constructing sewers. |