bonify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To convert into―or make―good; to improve. transitive
    — to bonify evils, or tincture them with good
  2. To make bony; to ossify or to pare down to the bones. rare
    — The inhabitants of Albion at the harvest & the vintage Feel their brain cut round beneath the temples, shrieking, Bonifying into a skull, the marrow exuding in dismal pain.
  3. To remit or reduce a price, typically in order to compensate for a tax for fee.
    — With the help of a surtax of 11 florins per 100 kilos., the refiners fix the home price at a level which enables them to bonify the manufacturers for all that is sold at home, and the exporters for all that is sent abroad.

词形变化

bonifies present,singular,third-person bonifying participle,present bonified participle,past bonified past bonafy alternative bonifies present,singular,third-person bonifying participle,present bonified participle,past bonified past bonafy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bonifiable bonification

词源

词源 1
From French bonifier.
词源 2
From bone + -ify.
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