† ˈpaucify, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. paucus, pauci- few, little: see -fy.]
trans. To make few, diminish.
| 1648 Brit. Bellman in Harl. Misc. (ed. Park) VII. 626 To paucify the number of those you conceived would counter⁓vote you. 1792 Cowper Let. to W. Hayley 26 Dec., My opportunities of writing are paucified, as perhaps, Dr. Johnson would have dared to say. |