The act of dressing someone up or making them look elegant and stylish in a dandyish way; the present participle of dandify.
From dandify + -ing suffix (forming the present participle). The -ing form shows the ongoing action or process of making someone or something fancy.
Watch how dandifying changes the whole feel from a single action to an ongoing process—it's like the difference between 'he dandified himself' versus 'he was dandifying as we watched.' English's -ing form is incredibly useful for showing actions that take time!
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