1837 1 Apr. 4/2 Every rebuff of that old and insolent faction is a good in itself. It is, besides, a useful monition to the Whigs, of what they must come to if they be not very careful in the indulgence of their own Torifying propensities.
2015 R. Gravil new ed. 341 The torifying factors may include critical derision for his poetic experiments from Napoleon's fellow travellers.