verbify

verb

verb·​ify

-ed/-ing/-es

transitive verb

: to make into a verb : use as a verb

elements used to verbify nouns are suffixed to noun stems

—Edward Sapir

intransitive verb

: to create a verb

Word History

Etymology

verb + -ify

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