1. to dress or groom (someone) in an excessively fancy or fashionable manner; to make into a dandy
Usage: transitive verb; often used with reflexive pronoun or as passive

Examples

• He dandified himself in expensive silks and jewels before the ball.
• The tailor helped dandify the young nobleman for his debut at court.
• She refused to dandify her appearance just to impress others.
• The actor was dandified by the costume department for the period drama.
• He spent hours dandifying his outfit with elaborate accessories.