"bonify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbəʊnɪfaɪ/ Forms: bonifies [present, singular, third-person], bonifying [participle, present], bonified [participle, past], bonified [past]
Rhymes: -əʊnɪfaɪ Etymology: From Latin bonus (“good”) + -ify (“make”). Compare French bonifier. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bonus|-ify|lang1=la|t1=good|t2=make}} Latin bonus (“good”) + -ify (“make”), {{uder|en|fr|bonifier}} French bonifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} bonify (third-person singular simple present bonifies, present participle bonifying, simple past and past participle bonified)
  1. (transitive) To convert into, or make, good; to improve. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bonify-en-verb--tSunqPr
  2. To remit or reduce a price, typically in order to compensate for a tax for fee.
    Sense id: en-bonify-en-verb-yPnfRh28 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bonafy Derived forms: bonifiable, bonification
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbəʊnɪfaɪ/ Forms: bonifies [present, singular, third-person], bonifying [participle, present], bonified [participle, past], bonified [past]
Rhymes: -əʊnɪfaɪ Etymology: From bone + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bone|ify}} bone + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} bonify (third-person singular simple present bonifies, present participle bonifying, simple past and past participle bonified)
  1. (rare) To make bony; to ossify or to pare down to the bones. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bonify-en-verb-NrTVuOPO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 15 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 15 29 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 12 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bonafy
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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