ify — [ ıfaı ] suffix used with some adjectives and nouns to make verbs meaning to become or make someone or something become something: classify purify pacify terrify … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
-ify — variant of suffix FY (Cf. fy) used with stem endings in i … Etymology dictionary
ify — fish·ify; flint·ify; french·ify; pink·ify; preach·ify; pulp·ify; re·ify; sleep·ify; speech·ify; trust·ify; verb·ify; … English syllables
-ify — əˌfī verb suffix ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Middle English ifien, from Old French ifier, from Latin ificare, from i + ficare fy : fy * * * var. of fy after a consonant: intensify. [ME ifien < MF ifier < L ificare, equiv. to i I + ficare … Useful english dictionary
-ify — verb suffix Etymology: Middle English ifien, from Anglo French ifier, from Latin ificare, from i + ficare fy fy … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ify — var. of fy after a consonant: intensify. [ME ifien < MF ifier < L ificare, equiv. to i I + ficare FY] * * * … Universalium
ify — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Keley I Kallahan … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
IFY — abbr. International Foundation Year … Dictionary of abbreviations
-ify — suffix (in verbs) also fy 1 to affect something in a particular way, or become something: to purify (=make or become pure) | to clarify the situation (=make it clear) 2 to fill someone with a particular feeling: They terrify me. (=fill me with… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
-ify — i·fy … English syllables