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verbified

verbified is the simple past and past participle of verbify.

Meaning of verbify

Verb

verbify (third-person singular simple present verbifies, present participle verbifying, simple past and past participle verbified)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
  2. (nonstandard, slang, transitive) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.
    • One way to verbify quickly is by adding the suffix -ize to a word. Numerous examples are cited where verbified words have come into common usage.1994, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, page 1173

Questions about verbified

What is verbified the simple past and past participle of?
Verbified is the simple past and past participle of verbify.

Words near verbified in the dictionary

  1. verbiculture
  2. verbid
  3. verbids
  4. verbification
  5. verbifications
  6. verbified
  7. verbifies
  8. verbify
  9. verbifying
  10. verbigerate
  11. verbigerated

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