Betterfy

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to make better US, nonstandard, rare, slang, transitive

    "The kind-hearted Clio encouraged her hopes, and recounted sundry histories which she had heard from their forest customers, of the betterfying effects of the handsome locations round Natchez."

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"The kind-hearted Clio encouraged her hopes, and recounted sundry histories which she had heard from their forest customers, of the betterfying effects of the handsome locations round Natchez."

Etymology

From better + -fy.

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