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Scottify, v.|ˈskɒtɪfaɪ|
Also Scotify.
[f. Scottish) + -ify.]
trans. To render Scottish.
1869F. J. Furnivall Forewords Q. Eliz. Acad. 17 The conclusion then forced on me was, that Adam Loutfut..had copied the poem from an original, and scottified it as he copied. 1881Athenæum 8 Jan. 55/3 The chap-books sold by Scotch pedlars at the annual Lammas Fair of Kirkwall [Orkney] played an important part in Scottifying the vernacular. 1902G. G. Smith Spec. Mid. Scots p. xxxv, It may be a ‘Scotifying’ of S[outhern] those.
Hence ˌScottifiˈcation, the process of ‘Scottifying’; quasi-concr. a rendering into Scottish dialect.
1869F. J. Furnivall Forewords Q. Eliz. Acad. 17 Which scottification I hope some day to print opposite Caxton's own text. 1894A. J. Balfour in Times 23 July 3/2, I watch with satisfaction the gradual Scottification of England by this great golfing propaganda. 1900Westm. Gaz. 11 May 2/2 Scotification is clearly Lord Rosebery's policy. |