ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fishify

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Fishify is a verb meaning (transitive) To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.

Meaning

(transitive) To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, figuratively) To make as wet as a fish; to drench with water.

Example Sentences

Ben[volio]. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. Mer[cutio]. Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O fleſh, fleſh, how art thou fiſhified?
By ſtrange kitchen alchymy, ev'ry diſh Seem'd tranſmuted for Epicure Mammon: There was fiſhified fleſh, and fleſhified fiſh; A calfs-head ſeem'd a fine jole of ſalmon.
Ye ghosts and hobgoblins, and horrible shapes, Ye lions, and wolves, and ye griffins and apes, Ye strange jumbled figures from river or den, Ye fire-born monsters, and fishified men, […]
[…] I have found a cure for his lunatic excellency. Water expelleth fire—marry, when he talks of being an archbishop, souse him, good Tio,—fishify him straight,—may be his madness is a dog madness which flieth from the fountain.

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