balmify

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English

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Etymology

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From balmy +‎ -fy.

Verb

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balmify (third-person singular simple present balmifies, present participle balmifying, simple past and past participle balmified)

  1. (obsolete) To render balmy.
    • 1742, George Cheyne, The Natural Method Of Cureing the Diseases of the Body:
      Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify

References

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balmify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.