Verb

(computing) To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.

* 1985 , Terry A. Ward, Applied programming techniques in C

A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.

* 1999 , Michael Amundsen, Practical Visual InterDev 6

You can only tabify source code

Verb

(en-verb)

To encourage another to behave like a baby; to keep another in a state of infancy.

*{{quote-book

, year=2000 , author=David Kowalewski , title= Deep Power: The Political Ecology of Wilderness and Civilization , isbn=1560727691 , page=21 , passage=Civilizational elites infantilize nonelites to keep them powerless. By letting elites babify us, we lose power.}}

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, year=2006 , author=Mary-Elaine Jacobsen , title=The Brat Stops Here!: 5 Weeks (or Less) to No More Tantrums, Arguing, Or Bad Behavior , chapter=3 , isbn=0312342799 , page=61 , passage=If you continue to indulge you child, babify him, or take away the consequences for her irresponsible behavior, you can rest assured that in the long run you will not produce a respectful, dependable adult.}}