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Definition: FRENCHIFIED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Frenchify.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb frenchify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(frenchify)
1. Make French in appearance or character; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money".[Wordnet].
2. Become French in appearance or character.[Wordnet].
3. To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.[Websters].
4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: frenchifying, frenchified, frenchifies, frenchifier, frenchifiers, frenchifyingly and frenchifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Frenchified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references)

Specialty Definition: FRENCHIFIED

Domain Definition
Slang in 1811 FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Definition: FRENCHIFIED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Frenchify.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb frenchify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(frenchify)
1. Make French in appearance or character; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money".[Wordnet].
2. Become French in appearance or character.[Wordnet].
3. To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.[Websters].
4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: frenchifying, frenchified, frenchifies, frenchifier, frenchifiers, frenchifyingly and frenchifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FRENCHIFIED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references)

Specialty Definition: FRENCHIFIED

DomainDefinition
Slang in 1811FRENCHIFIED. Infected with the venereal disease. The mort is Frenchified: the wench is infected. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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