bon if i cation (bon ifikashon)

[ Mr. Necker, in his discourse, proposes, among his bon i fications of revenue, the suppre ion of our two free ports of Bayonne and L'Orient. " Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 462. 2. The paying of a bonus. N. E. D. boniform (bon'i-fôrm), a. [ bonus , good, + form a, form.] Having the nature of goodne ; akin to what is good or to the chief good. [Rare.] Knowledge and truth may likewise both be said to be boniform things. Cudworth, Intellectual System. bonify (bon'i-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. bonified, ppr. bonifying. [F. bonifier, Bonjean's ergotine. See ergotine. bon jour (F. pron. bôn zhör). [F.: bon, good; jour, day: see bont and journal.] Good day; good morning. bon mot (F. pron. bôn mō); pl. bons mots (bôn mo, or, as E., mōz). [F.: bon, good; mot, word: see bon4 and mot. ] A witticism; a clever or witty saying; a witty repartee. Some of us have written down several of her sayings, or what the French call bons mots , wherein she excelled beyond belief. Swift , Death of Stella. You need not hurry when the object is only to prevent my saying a bon - mot , for there is not the least wit in my nature. Jane Austen , Mans field Park, ix.