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单词 omnify
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omnifyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: omni- comb. form, -fy suffix.
Etymology: < omni- comb. form + -fy suffix. Compare post-classical Latin omnificus omnific adj. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·mnifəi) /ˈɒmnɪfaɪ/.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To make everything of; to show the greatest possible honour to.
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1622 S. Ward Christ All in All (1862) 3 That he might..magnify or rather, as you see omnify his Lord and Master Christ.
1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous viii. 123 A Nullifying of self, A Magnifying (I may call it omnifying) of God.
2. transitive. To make universal.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > give a general character to [verb (transitive)] > give a universal character to
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a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 221 Omnify the disputed point into a transcendant, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it.
1896 Chicago Advance 10 Dec. 839/1 There will be no such visions [of starving faces, etc.] if, in all ‘well-to-do’ circles, the family wish be omnified, to give money to real prisoners of poverty or disease, whoever and wherever they may be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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