suavify

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

suave +‎ -ify

Verb[edit]

suavify (third-person singular simple present suavifies, present participle suavifying, simple past and past participle suavified)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make affable or suave.
    • 1824, The Spirit of the Public Journals, page 444:
      But 'mid the cheer, so rich in all its shapes,
      Nothing the Host so valued as his grapes.
      Good humour reign'd—they pleas'd the Laird—
      (Eating much tends to suavify the mood)