Definitions

1. verb

to make or make into a dandy; to make someone or something affectedly elegant or foppish

“The fashion magazine tried to dandify the working-class man with its latest styles.”

2. verb

to give a dandyish or affected air to something

“The poet tried to dandify his plain prose with elaborate metaphors.”

3. verb

to turn into a dandy or make someone or something affectedly elegant

“The city’s young people started to dandify themselves with fancy clothes and hairstyles.”