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-ify

  1. variant of -fy after a consonant:

    intensify.



-ify

suffix forming verbs

  1. a variant of -fy

    intensify

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • -ification, suffix:forming_nouns
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ify1

Middle English -ifien < Middle French -ifier < Latin -ificāre, equivalent to -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
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Example Sentences

In both cases there is an attempt to suppress individuality and initiative, to exploit, to bully, to Downing Street-ify.

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