greenify

English

Etymology

From green +‎ -ify.

Verb

greenify (third-person singular simple present greenifies, present participle greenifying, simple past and past participle greenified)

  1. (rare) To make green.
    1. To do so by the addition of trees and other plants.
      Near-synonyms: engreen, green up
      • 2000, Alan Warren, Waziristan, the Faqir of Ipi, and the Indian Army:
        ...the resources needed to greenify the rocks of Waziristan further to the west...
      • 2008, Sylvie Nail, Forest Policies and Social Change in England:
        This is the case of the many initiatives to 'greenify' transport corridors, to make business environments more pleasant.
    2. To do so by making (something) environmentally friendly.
      • 1983, United States, China report: economic affairs, Joint Publications Research Service:
        ...to preserve social ethics, establish a new social mood, greenify the country and change previous states of disorder, uncleanliness and deficiency.

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