† unclifyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make an uncle of.Apparently an isolated use.
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1799 C. Lamb Let. 21 Jan. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 158 Did Lord Falkland die before Worcester fight? In that case I must make bold to unclify some other nobleman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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v.1799- lay posts
- lay praise, one's blessing, etc upon
- lay preacher
- lay presbyter
- lay presbytery
- lay prize, store upon
- lay psychiatrist
- lay psychoanalyst
- lay put on the shelf, also to set on shelf
- lay put under the ditch
- lay reader
- lay rector
- lay siege to
- lay siege to, unto, about, against, before
- lay simply lay down to his work
- lay sister
- lay something full low
- lay something in a person's light
- lay something in one's dish
- lay something low
- lay something to a hazard
- lay stress on
- lay stress upon
- lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon
- lay the bearings