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buffed adjective [ bʌft ]

• another term for buff1.

buff verb

• polish (something).
• "he buffed the glass until it gleamed"
Similar: polish, burnish, rub up, rub, smooth, shine, wipe, clean,
• make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful.
• "there are cards that'll buff your troops"
Origin: mid 16th century: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus (see buffalo). The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.


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