Meaning of massify | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.
   intransitive, transitive
2. To use as a mass noun.
   rare, transitive

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Examples

“1992, James F. Allen and Lenhart K. Schubert, “Language and Discourse in the TRAINS Project”, in Andrew Ortony, John Slack, and Oliviero Stock⟳ (editors), Communication From an Artificial Intelligence Perspective: Theoretical and Applied Issues, NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, Volume 100, Springer, →ISBN, page 104, Under deviant vocabulary we include⟳ “verbing” of nouns (He tricycled away), and perhaps “massifying” of count⟳ nouns and “countifying” of mass nouns. (Note⟳ that the preceding sentence itself contains instances of deviant vocabulary in scare⟳ quotes.) “Massifying” and “countifying” are illustrated respectively by A year ago they started digging the hole for his house; A year later, there's still more hole than house; and How many orange juice will that give⟳ us?.”

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