-ify
-ify
suff.
Variant of -fy.
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-ify
suffix forming verbs
a variant of -fy: intensify.
-ification suffix forming nouns
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-fy
a verbal suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, with the meanings “to make, cause to be, render” (clarify; purify); “to become, be made” (liquefy).
Compare -ify. [Middle English < Old French -fier < Latin -ficāre, frequentative derivative of facere to make, do1]
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