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-fy
suffix
1(added to nouns) forming verbs denoting making or producing.
‘speechify’- 1.1Denoting transformation or the process of making into.‘deify’‘petrify’
- 1.1Denoting transformation or the process of making into.
2Forming verbs denoting the making of a state defined by an adjective.
‘amplify’‘falsify’3Forming verbs expressing a causative sense.
‘horrify’
Origin
From French -fier, from Latin -ficare, -facere, from facere ‘do, make’.
Pronunciation
-fy
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