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-ify

var. of -fy after a consonant: intensify.

Origin:
ME -ifien < MF -ifier < L -ificāre, equiv. to -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
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-fy or -ify  
suff.  Cause to become; make: basify.

[Middle English -fien, from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, -ficārī, from -ficus, -fic.]
-ify  
suff.  Variant of -fy.
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