"verbify" meaning in All languages combined

See verbify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-verbify.ogg [Australia] Forms: verbifies [present, singular, third-person], verbifying [participle, present], verbified [participle, past], verbified [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English verb Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English verbify From verb + -ify. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|verb|-ify|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English verb Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English verbify [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" : "verbify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="verbify"> From verb + -ify. Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: nonstandard, transitive
    Sense id: en-verbify-en-verb-lkkPRjm0 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 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: 51 49 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 46 54
  2. (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun. Tags: nonstandard, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-verbify-en-verb-B29-fmdb Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 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: 51 49 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: verbification, verbifier

Inflected forms

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