R. Paul confesses, with sadness, >I thought I made 'dentify' up. >I hope JL will sent my post as a >citation to the folks in charge of the OED. Mmm. That would be easy enough. Mailto:oed3@xxxxxxxxxx Minor problem is, you may realise, that R. Paul does not provide a _use_ -- just a definition. Until the word is being _used_ (properly, in conjugated form) it does not seem to count for lexicological matters to the OED3 folks. (R. Paul had written, >To dentify is to add teeth, or to enhance >already existing teeth.) It can be claimed that Geary's original post provides such conjugation: "The opinion is generated under the new campaign-finance law, which prohibits ads that dentify a federal candidate before a primary or general election." -- after Littre. Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html