ladyfy
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[edit]ladyfy (third-person singular simple present ladyfies, present participle ladyfying, simple past and past participle ladyfied)
- (transitive) To make ladylike.
- (transitive) To bestow the title of Lady on (a woman).
- 1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger[1], published 1845, act 4, scene 4, page 400:
- Your father was / An honest country farmer, goodman Humble. / By his neighbours ne'er call'd Master. Did your pride / Descend from him? but let that pass: your fortune, / Or rather your hunsband's industry, advanced you / To the rank of a merchant's wife. He made a knight, / And your sweet mistress-ship ladyfied,