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Origin and history of -ify

-ify

variant of verbal suffix -fy with connective -i-. Related: -ific; -ification.

Entries linking to -ify

"make acid; become acid; render sour," literally or figuratively, 1784 (implied in acidifying); see acid (adj.) + -ify. Related: Acidified.

"to make an ass of" (someone), 1804, from ass (n.1) + -ify. Related: Assified; assification (1823).

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