v. Obs. rare. [f. as prec. + -(I)FY.] trans. To make clownish or dull-witted. Hence Clownifying vbl. sb.
1618. Breton, Court & Country, B 3 b (D.). I wish you would not so clownifie your wit, as to bury your vnderstanding all vnder a clod of earth. Ibid., B 4 b (D.). Is not the Clownyfying of wit the Foolifying of vnderstanding?
