"verbify" meaning in English

See verbify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō 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" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-fakos", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ficus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ājō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "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
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  2. (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun. Tags: nonstandard, slang, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: verbification, verbifier

Inflected forms

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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verbifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verbified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verbified",
      "tags": [
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    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria."
      ],
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        ],
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        "(transitive, nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria."
      ],
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        "nonstandard",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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              18
            ],
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              101,
              110
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1994, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, page 1173:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun."
      ],
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        "(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun."
      ],
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        "nonstandard",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    }
  ],
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}

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