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verbify

[vur-buh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

verbified, verbifying 
  1. to change into or employ as a verb, as a noun.



verbify

/ ˈvɜːbɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. another word for verbalize verbalize

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • verbification noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verbify1

First recorded in 1805–15; verb + -ify
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Example Sentences

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It isn’t just the fact that users verbify the brand when referring to online search.

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Just as we can verbify the idea of a quality in such cases as “reddens,” so we can represent a quality or an action to ourselves as a thing.

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