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verbifies

verbifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 verbifies

What is verbifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Verbifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of verbify.

Words near verbifies in the dictionary

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

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