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variant of -fy after a consonant: intensify.
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Origin of -ify

Middle English -ifien<Middle French -ifier<Latin -ificāre, equivalent to -i--i- + -ficāre-fy

Words nearby -ify

Ifugao, IFV, if wishes were horses, If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride, if worst comes to worst, -ify, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, Ig, IgA, Igbo
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How to use -ify in a sentence

  • In both cases there is an attempt to suppress individuality and initiative, to exploit, to bully, to Downing Street-ify.

    The Open Secret of Ireland|T. M. Kettle

British Dictionary definitions for -ify

-ify
suffix forming verbs
a variant of -fy intensify

Derived forms of -ify

-ification, suffix forming nouns
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