-ify

• -fy

From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

• IPA^(key): /ɪfaɪ/

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-ify (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ifies, present participle -ifying, simple past and past participle -ified)

1. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
2. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

• -ise
• -ize

• -ate
• be-
• em-
• en-

• FYI, yif