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Vinony

-ify

suffix

  1. (make, form into)
  2. (invest with attributes of, make similar to)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪfaɪ/

suffix

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify 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.

  1. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
  2. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.