What does happify mean?
Happify means (transitive, intransitive) To make happy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make happy..
1898-1908: Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony Now, Ladies, all we would do is to do all in our power, both individually and collectively, to harmonize and happify our Social system.
May 26, 1872: John Taylor, "Journal of Discourses" That which is light, intelligence, intelligent, happifying and glorious to us, is confusion and darkness to them.
June 15, 1846: William B. Ide, Proclamation of the California Republic The Commander in Chief of the Troops assembled at the Fortress of Sonoma...declares that he believes that a Government to be prosperous and happyfying in its tendency must originate with its people who are friendly to its existence.
Use happify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Happify means (transitive, intransitive) To make happy..
Common synonyms include blissen, elate, beatify, enrapture.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1898-1908: Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony Now, Ladies, all we would do is to do all in our power, both individually and collectively, to harmonize and happify our Social system.
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