Meaning of oldify | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause to appear older.

Examples

“He is become⟳ very tottering & oldified & Souk now beats him in bodily strength.”

“Mickleover has a good timber-framed house tucked away behind a still rural-looking village square, and Chellaston, besides some buildings on the main street and one old pub that has been modernised and re-oldified, has the memory of its former importance in the alabaster industry.”

“It is written in a vaguely oldified English - the sort⟳ of language an upmarket Hollywood hack might imagine⟳ them speaking at a jousting tournament circa 1180.”

“He cared more about history, and had vast projects for preserving, beautifying and “oldifying" the city.”

“In the following example, I'm going to show⟳ you how to “oldify” an image by giving it a sepia tint and adding some noise to it to make⟳ it seem a bit less crisp.”

“Me and Dad would go to auctions and buy⟳ bits and bobs, then we'd oldify them — a sup of tea on a map, an ancient frame on a new picture.”

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