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Frenchify

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French·i·fy  (frnch-f)
tr.v. French·i·fied, French·i·fy·ing, French·i·fies
To make French in character or quality.
Frenchi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
Frenchify [ˈfrɛntʃɪˌfaɪ]
vb -fies, -fying, -fied
Informal to make or become French in appearance, behaviour, etc.
Frenchification  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.Frenchify - make French in appearance or character; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2.Frenchify - become French in appearance or character; "This restaurant has Frenchified"
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
Translations
frenchify
vt → französisieren; clothes, restaurant → auf französisch machen (inf)


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, he called to him his son, a young cook of great promise, and with tears in his eyes, he recommended him to preserve carefully the secret of the macaroni, to Frenchify his name, and at length, when the political horizon should be cleared from the clouds which obscured it -- this was practiced then as in our day, to order of the nearest smith a handsome sign, upon which a famous painter, whom he named, should design two queens' portraits, with these words as a legend: "To The Medici.
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