† phrasifyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To utter or express in (a phrase or statement). Also intransitive.
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1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 267 That which the Def. neglected, the Rejoynder taketh to supplie, least we should bragge, as it pleaseth him to phrasifie.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis ii. 483 To disgrace the Calvinists, by calling them Gospellers; for this he phrasifieth [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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