v. [app. f. F. ton (TON3) or Eng. TONE + -I)FY: in mod.F. tonifier.]

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  † 1.  trans. To impart a good ‘ton’ to; to make fashionable or stylish. Obs.

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1786.  Mrs. Grant, Lett. fr. Mountains (1807), II. xxiii. 118. You can imagine no set of people more polished, powdered, tonified and englified, than they are.

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  2.  = TONICIZE a.

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1858.  J. H. Bennet, Nutrition, vi. 185. The cutaneous circulation is tonified and vitalized.

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1892.  Star, 29 Aug., 4/1. Tepid water … tonifies the skin and prevents wrinkles.

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