ladyfy
verbEtymology From lady + -fy.
1
To make ladylike.
2
To bestow the title of Lady on (a woman).
- Your father was / An honest country farmer, goodman Humble. / By his neighbours ne'er call'd Master. Did your pride / Descend from him? but let that pass: your fortune, / Or rather your hunsband's industry, advanced you / To the rank of a merchant's wife. He made a knight, / And your sweet mistress-ship ladyfied,1632, Philip Massinger, “The City Madam”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 4, page 400: