Fishify

//ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish. transitive

    "Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified?"

  2. 2
    To make as wet as a fish; to drench with water. figuratively, transitive

    "[…] I have found a cure for his lunatic excellency. Water expelleth fire—marry, when he talks of being an archbishop, souse him, good Tio,—fishify him straight,—may be his madness is a dog madness which flieth from the fountain."

Example

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"Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified?"

Etymology

From fish + -ify.

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