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lustrify

verb

Etymology

From luster + -ify.

  1. derived from lūstrum
  2. derived from lūstrō
  3. derived from lustrare
  4. derived from lustro
  5. derived from lustre
  6. suffixed as lustrify — “luster + ify”

Definitions

  1. To give luster to

    To give luster to; to make lustrous.

    • Ointment, wherewith she sprinkles o'er her face, And lustrifies her beauty's dying grace.
    • So transformed, transfigured, lustrified, The Tip-tops' mighty halls, They were dumb, the Tip-tops, mystified, In their own treasured walls.

  2. To illuminate or clarify.

    • Well now, p'raps you can lustrify my officials?
    • To lustrify, sposen I done gone ober to 'Square Jones' some moonlight ebenin and borry a watermelyun.

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