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a verbal suffix meaning “to make,” “cause to be,” “render” (simplify; beautify); “to become,” “be made” (liquefy). The suffix was introduced into English in loan words from Old French (deify), but is also used in the formation of new words, usually on a Latin root (reify).

Origin:
< OF -fier ≪ L -ficāre to do, make
Language Translation for : -Fy
Spanish: ¡uf!, ¡puf!, German: hu!, Japanese: うっ
-fy or -ify  
suff.   Cause to become; make: basify.


[Middle English -fien, from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, -ficārī, from -ficus, -fic.]

-fy

Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amplified; p. pr. & vb. n. Amplifying.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy.]

1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.

Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. --Dryden.

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