ladify

English

Alternative forms

• ladyfy

Etymology

lady +‎ -fy

Verb

ladify (third-person singular simple present ladifies, present participle ladifying, simple past and past participle ladified)

1. (obsolete) To make a lady of; to make ladylike.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ladify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)