Celtifyv.
/ˈkɛltᵻfʌɪ/, /ˈsɛltᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈkɛltəˌfaɪ/, /ˈsɛltəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To make Celtic in character or form; to give Celtic qualities or characteristics to (a person or thing).
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1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 427 If they [sc. the Coldstream Guards] were to be Celtified at all..they should have been Celtified out and out.
1845 M. W. Savage Falcon Family xvi. 132 It was the aim of the party..to un-Saxonise and Celtify the laws and institutions, the manners and customs..nay, the very costume of the country [i.e. Ireland].
1997 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 June 12 The band was brought in to help Celtify the score.
Derivatives
ˈCeltified adj.
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1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott V. viii. 204 Sir Walter's Celtified pageantry.
2007 Sing Out! Winter 133 Gray has arranged the album with the briefest of breaks between the tracks, so the entire collection feels like a Celtified raga.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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v.1832- to lop down
- to lop out
- to lose = incur a fine
- to lose a a meal
- to lose a dinner
- to lose a ewe for a halfpennyworth of tar
- to lose a fine
- to lose a hog for a halfpennyworth of tar
- to lose a loss
- to lose a mint
- to lose a mint of money
- to lose a sheep for a halfpennyworth of tar
- to make do and mend
- to make do force
- to make dog's meat of
- to make dogmeat of
- to make dole
- to make dolour
- to make domino
- to make doubt
- to make down
- to make draw a wry face or mouth
- to make draw a wry face or mouth wry faces
- to make draw a wry face or mouth wry mouths
- to make ducks and drakes of or with