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-fication

  1. a combining form of nouns of action or state corresponding to verbs ending in -fy: deification; pacification.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -fication1

< Latin -ficātiōn- (stem of -ficātiō ) a making, equivalent to -ficā ( re ) -fy + -tiōn- -tion; in some words replacing Middle English -ficacioun < Anglo-French
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Example Sentences

When in motion these boats are the personi-fication of grace, with their long prows and rounded poops.

I loved him for nothing so much,' said Shenstone, 'as for his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.'

We can also base a classi fication on the principle of meaning.

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