ethify

ethify

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English ethical
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English ethify

    From ethical + -ify.

    Verb

    ethify (third-person singular simple present ethifies, present participle ethifying, simple past and past participle ethified)

    1. (rare, transitive) To make or cause to become (more) ethical.
    2. (rare, intransitive) To become ethical.

    Derived terms

    References

    Yovel, Yirmiahu (1989), Kant's Practical Philosophy Reconsidered, City: Kluwer Academic, →ISBN, page 153

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