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verbify

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English

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Etymology

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From verb +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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verbify (third-person singular simple present verbifies, present participle verbifying, simple past and past participle verbified)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
  2. (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.
    • 1994, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, page 1173:
      One way to verbify quickly is by adding the suffix -ize to a word. Numerous examples are cited where verbified words have come into common usage.

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