genializev.
/ˈdʒiːnɪəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈdʒinjəˌlaɪz/, /ˈdʒiniəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To make pleasant or agreeable; to impart cheerfulness to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > action of making pleasant > make pleasant [verb (transitive)]
sugar1412
saucec1530
gratify1577
sweetena1586
candy1592
rose-water1655
candify1777
genialize1821
sugar-coat1870
treacle1873
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)] > make genial
unstarch1616
thaw1740
genialize1821
1821 M. R. Sterndale Life of Boy II. ii. 31 Brightening the evening gloom, and genializing the coolness of an autumnal evening.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe (1891) xix. 247 Some Burgundy, of which it was the quality to warm the blood and genialize existence for three days after it was drunk.
1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 313 He had the well-known Wellington physiognomy, only greatly softened and genialised.
1920 Smart Set Jan. 116/1 The sun had already genialized the tartness of the early air.
2008 J. Bryant Melville Unfolding 446/2 The immediate expansion to ‘picturesque procession’ helps familiarize and genialize the scene.
Derivatives
ˈgenializing adj. now rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > action of making pleasant > [adjective]
beguiling1593
sweetening1644
genializing1849
1849 D. Thomas Crisis of Being 44 Personal religion is the chief good of man... How it..brings all its germinant powers under the genializing influence of truth!
1867 Gardener's Monthly June 164/2 The cultivation of flowers, has a genializing tendency.
1915 J. N. Larned Hist. World III. 598 Glass windows..added..another genializing influence to the home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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