- ify
- fish·ify;flint·ify;french·ify;pink·ify;preach·ify;pulp·ify;re·ify;sleep·ify;speech·ify;trust·ify;verb·ify;
English syllables. 2014.
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ify — [ ıfaı ] suffix used with some adjectives and nouns to make verbs meaning to become or make someone or something become something: classify purify pacify terrify … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
-ify — variant of suffix FY (Cf. fy) used with stem endings in i … Etymology dictionary
-ify — əˌfī verb suffix ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Middle English ifien, from Old French ifier, from Latin ificare, from i + ficare fy : fy * * * var. of fy after a consonant: intensify. [ME ifien < MF ifier < L ificare, equiv. to i I + ficare … Useful english dictionary
-ify — [[t] ifaɪ[/t]] ifies, ifying, ified SUFFIX ify is used at the end of verbs that refer to making something or someone different in some way. More needs to be done to simplify the process of registering to vote... Water can be purified by boiling… … English dictionary
-ify — verb suffix Etymology: Middle English ifien, from Anglo French ifier, from Latin ificare, from i + ficare fy fy … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ify — var. of fy after a consonant: intensify. [ME ifien < MF ifier < L ificare, equiv. to i I + ficare FY] * * * … Universalium
ify — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Keley I Kallahan … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
IFY — abbr. International Foundation Year … Dictionary of abbreviations
-ify — suffix (in verbs) also fy 1 to affect something in a particular way, or become something: to purify (=make or become pure) | to clarify the situation (=make it clear) 2 to fill someone with a particular feeling: They terrify me. (=fill me with… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
-ify — i·fy … English syllables
