Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betterfy
Participle: betterfied
Gerund: betterfying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | betterfy |
| you | betterfy |
| he;she;it | betterfies |
| we | betterfy |
| you | betterfy |
| they | betterfy |
Perfect
| I | have betterfied |
| you | have betterfied |
| he;she;it | has betterfied |
| we | have betterfied |
| you | have betterfied |
| they | have betterfied |
Past
| I | betterfied |
| you | betterfied |
| he;she;it | betterfied |
| we | betterfied |
| you | betterfied |
| they | betterfied |
Pluperfect
| I | had betterfied |
| you | had betterfied |
| he;she;it | had betterfied |
| we | had betterfied |
| you | had betterfied |
| they | had betterfied |
Future
| I | will betterfy |
| you | will betterfy |
| he;she;it | will betterfy |
| we | will betterfy |
| you | will betterfy |
| they | will betterfy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betterfied |
| you | will have betterfied |
| he;she;it | will have betterfied |
| we | will have betterfied |
| you | will have betterfied |
| they | will have betterfied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betterfy |
| you | betterfy |
| he;she;it | betterfy |
| we | betterfy |
| you | betterfy |
| they | betterfy |
Perfect
| I | have betterfied |
| you | have betterfied |
| he;she;it | have betterfied |
| we | have betterfied |
| you | have betterfied |
| they | have betterfied |
Imperfect
| I | betterfied |
| you | betterfied |
| he;she;it | betterfied |
| we | betterfied |
| you | betterfied |
| they | betterfied |
Pluperfect
| I | had betterfied |
| you | had betterfied |
| he;she;it | had betterfied |
| we | had betterfied |
| you | had betterfied |
| they | had betterfied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betterfy |
| you | would betterfy |
| he;she;it | would betterfy |
| we | would betterfy |
| you | would betterfy |
| they | would betterfy |
Perfect
| I | would have betterfied |
| you | would have betterfied |
| he;she;it | would have betterfied |
| we | would have betterfied |
| you | would have betterfied |
| they | would have betterfied |
Imperative
| you | betterfy |
| we | Let's betterfy |
| you | betterfy |
Verbs conjugated like 'betterfy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'betterfy'
better,
butterfly,
batter,
beatify,
bemercy,
betray,
bitter,
butter,
esterify,
etherify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From better + -fy.
Sample Sentences
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The kind-hearted Clio encouraged her hopes, and recounted sundry histories which she had heard from their forest customers, of the betterfying effects of the handsome locations round Natchez. [1857, Frances Trollope, Lynch Law; or, the Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw, page 25:]
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And so the citizens of Fort Wayne desiring to “beautify and betterfy” their home town looked about for a leader and found one in Prof. Charles Zueblin, a civic evangelist who had stirred Grand Rapids in a somewhat similar movement about a year before. [1909, The Civic League Bulletin of Newport, R.I., volume 4, number 1, page 5:]
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You betterfy me, angel. [2011, Erica Hayes, Blood Cursed, page 304:]