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-fication

 
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a combining form of nouns of action or state corresponding to verbs ending in -fy: deification; pacification.
Origin:
< L -ficātiōn- (s. of -ficātiō) a making, equiv. to -ficā(re) -fy + -tiōn- -tion; in some words r. ME -ficacioun < AF
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-fication  
suff.  Production; making: jollification.

[Latin -ficātiō, -ficātiōn-, from -ficātus, past participle of -ficāre, to make, from -ficus, -fic.]
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-fication 
suffix meaning "a making or causing," from L. -ficationem, acc. of -ficatio, ult. from facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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