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verbifying

verbifying is the present participle and gerund 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 verbifying

What is verbifying the present participle and gerund of?
Verbifying is the present participle and gerund of verbify.

Words near verbifying in the dictionary

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

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