v. Obs. [f. EAGLE + -FY.] trans. To make into an eagle or like an eagle.

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1592.  Warner, Alb. Eng., VII. xxxvii. 165. And had the Sunne been vp, I ween (such pride bewitcht my wit To Egel-fie my selfe) I had assayed to soar to it.

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1628.  Wither, Brit. Rememb., V. 1595/161 b. The Kites that flye Above the clouds, themselves to Eaglifie.

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