单词 | massify |
释义 | † massifyv.1 depreciative. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To celebrate a mass or masses. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (intransitive)] massOE celebrate1453 celeber1477 missificate1641 sacrifice1661 massifya1729 preside1841 a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 259 They Pray and massify, for quick and dead: And Pray as at Consecrated places shed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2018). massifyv.2 transitive. To treat (people or society) as an undifferentiated mass; to promote or enforce cultural uniformity. Also: to adapt (a product, etc.) for the masses, or for a mass market. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [verb (transitive)] > specific process or system massify1954 villagize1954 1954 W. G. Peck Christian Econ. i. 20 We shall further massify and denature our people. 1966 D. Jenkins Educated Society ii. 59 The Nazis carried to its ruthlessly logical conclusion the attitude of those who wish to massify society for their own ends. 1987 New Republic 8 June 39/1 There is no reason why books should be spared from the..forces that continue to massify all the other media. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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