▪ I. storify, v.1 rare.
(ˈstɔərɪfaɪ)
[f. story n.1 + -fy.]
trans. To picture, delineate or record (a historical event or fact); to celebrate in history or story. Also absol. Hence ˈstorifying vbl. n.1 (attrib.)
| 1616 J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. iii. 320 And looke what natures selfe hathe not supplyed, shall by queint painters hand bee storifyed [in Cambuscan's theatre]. 1675 J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal i. 70 His third [year] was so barren of Action, had so little wind stirring: as Tacitus complains his storifying Vein is becalm'd, his Pen can find no Pasturage in that Years Occurrences. 1830 Fraser's Mag. I. 44 So 'tis plain that a sure means of gaining fame malice is; And many's the name which through it has been storified. |
▪ II. storify, v.2
(ˈstɔərɪfaɪ)
[f. story n.2 + -fy.]
trans. To arrange (beehives) in stories. Hence ˈstorifying vbl. n.2 (also attrib.).
| 1827 E. Bevan Honey-bee 99 This shed..is adapted either to storifying or single hiving. Ibid. 111 Side boxes occupy a great deal more room than storifying boxes. 1888 R. C. Day Mod. Bee-keeping in Good Words May 355/1 He finds himself in doubt between the ‘combination’ system, the ‘storifying’ system, [etc.]. |