verbify

American

[vur-buh-fahy] / ˈvɜr bəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

verbified, verbifying

to change into or employ as a verb, as a noun.

verbify British

/ ˈvɜːbɪˌfaɪ /

verb

another word for verbalize verbalize

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

verbification

noun

Etymology

Origin of verbify

First recorded in 1805–15; verb + -ify

Example Sentences

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Not only does it confuse customers, it just doesn’t verbify well.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2019

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.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

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