greenify

To make green.

Verb

  1. To make green.
    • Near-synonyms: engreen, green up
    • ...the resources needed to greenify the rocks of Waziristan further to the west... - 2000, Alan Warren, Waziristan, the Faqir of Ipi, and the Indian Army:
    • This is the case of the many initiatives to 'greenify' transport corridors, to make business environments more pleasant. - 2008, Sylvie Nail, Forest Policies and Social Change in England:

    Synonyms: engreen green up

    1. To do so by the addition of trees and other plants.

    2. To do so by making (something) environmentally friendly.

      • ...to preserve social ethics, establish a new social mood, greenify the country and change previous states of disorder, uncleanliness and deficiency. - 1983, United States, China report: economic affairs, Joint...

Origin

From green + -ify.

Forms

greenifies greenifying greenified

Derived

greenification