Candify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Candify is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To candy.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
Example Sentences
The candifying or granulating of extracted honey has also been a hinderance and great draw back to its introduction and use.
A minor misfortune of Ravel’s legacy is the relative obscurity of his best piano pieces and the prominence of their candified orchestral versions.
Jazz was not always an accepted music, and, of course, today we have the problem of remaining faithful to the cultural roots of jazz, not just candifying, Disneyfying the music.
They have become democratized into an item of popular consumption, perhaps a more gritty comestible than the candified menu served up in Disneyland's version of the American past.
Word Forms
- candifies
- candifying
- candified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include candy, candy-coat, confect, cutesify, comfit, crystallize.
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