Toryfy, Torify, v. humorous.
(ˈtɔərɪfaɪ)
[f. Tory + -fy.]
trans. To make a Tory of, convert to Toryism (generally dyslogistic). Hence ˈToryfied, ˈToryfying ppl. adjs.; also ˌToryfiˈcation, conversion to Toryism.
| 1763 Wilkes N. Brit. No. 37 (1766) 212 The strict harmony subsisting between the whiggified Tories, the torified Whigs, and the amphibious North Britons. 1834 Lady Granville Lett. (1894) II. 177 Neither of the Clanricardes seems pleased, or Tory-fied at the news. 1853 Sir G. C. Lewes Lett. 262 Most of his [Gladstone's] High church supporters stick to him, and..he is Liberalizing them, instead of their Torifying him. 1876 G. Meredith Beauch. Career xxviii, Mr. Tuckham was..prophesying the Torification of mankind. 1901 A. Birrell in N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 251 The Toryfication..of London and of so many of our great towns..is one of the most striking political facts of recent times. 1902 Academy 11 Jan. 667/1 Lowell was born and bred in a Toryfied old country seat at Elmwood, Cambridge, New England. |