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verbify

[vur-buh-fahy]

verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.

to change into or employ as a verb, as a noun.

Origin:
1805–15; verb + -ify

Related forms

ver·bi·fi·ca·tion, noun

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verbify (ˈvɜːbɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
	verbalize another word for verbalize

verbifi'cation

—n

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