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FRENCHIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: frenchified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become French in appearance or character

Example:

This restaurant has Frenchified

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "Frenchify" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

French (the people of France)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make French in appearance or character

Example:

let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "Frenchify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

French (the people of France)

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