"ethify" meaning in All languages combined

See ethify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: ethifies [present, singular, third-person], ethifying [participle, present], ethified [participle, past], ethified [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English ethical Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English ethify From ethical + -ify. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ethical|-ify|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ethical Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English ethify [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "-ificāre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-i-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "connecting vowel" }, { "gloss" : "-ify", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-fakāō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ficō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ificō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ifier", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ifien", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ethify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ethify"> From ethical + -ify. Head templates: {{en-verb}} ethify (third-person singular simple present ethifies, present participle ethifying, simple past and past participle ethified)
  1. (rare, transitive) To make or cause to become (more) ethical. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-ethify-en-verb-16s3uukY Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 66 34
  2. (rare, intransitive) To become ethical. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-ethify-en-verb-XMkWRSbU Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ethifiable, ethification, ethifier

Inflected forms

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