-ify

variant of -fy after a consonant: intensify.

Origin:
Middle English -ifien < Middle French -ifier < Latin -ificāre, equivalent to -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy

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-ify

—*suffix forming verbs*
	a variant of -fy : intensify

-ification

—*suffix forming nouns*

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