bonify
/ˈbəʊnɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remit or reduce a price, typically in order to compensate for a tax for fee.
verb
To make bony; to ossify or to pare down to the bones.
Example Sentences
- "to bonify evils, or tincture them with good"
- "The inventor has (of course) been decorated, and, I am informed, has received a handsome pension from Napoleon III, who, like his great uncle, loves and cherishes every invention tending to bonify and superiorise—let me be allowed the expression—his navy."
- "A flask suffices to perfume, bonify, and age, a hogshead (barrique) of wine."
- "In the previous condition of overcoming, it was notable that while the malefics could only maltreat by overcoming through a superior sign-based square, the benefics could bonify by overcoming through a superior square or trine."
- "It is not suggested that the criminological viewpoint is superior to others, but rather that a criminology voice and viewpoint can bonify the current state of theorizing , research , and policy development."
- "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."
Etymology
From French bonifier.
Origin
- Source language: French