-ify
See also: ify
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Suffix
[edit]-ify (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ifies, present participle -ifying, simple past and past participle -ified)
- Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
- Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]forms verbs meaning "to make"
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Latin
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