lucify

English

Etymology

Related to lucid.

Verb

lucify (third-person singular simple present lucifies, present participle lucifying, simple past and past participle lucified)

1. (uncommon) To make clear or understandable.
   • 1834, Hans Busk, The lay of life, a poem, page 76:

     In thy mind tho' Nature lit a torch, / To lucify life's choicest mysteries, / But if thou flarest it our eyes to scorch, / And sear thy own in black obscurities, / Thou'rt not the lamp nor Zeno for my porch, But beacon-fire […]

   • 1860, Susanna Paine, Wait and See ..., page 157:

     I dare persume that not one of you knows what subject you are endeavoring to lucify; […]

   • 2022 August 21, Matilda A. Evans, Martha Schofield, pioneer Negro educator: Historical and philosophical review of reconstruction period of South Carolina, Good Press:

     In an effort to lucify the subject and assist them to guess the meaning of the word, with an approximate accuracy, Miss Schofield asked them to tell her what she would have were she to marry. A little girl, almost ten, replied, […]