VERBIFY

verbify

(verb) make into a verb; “‘mouse’ has been verbified by computer users”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

verbify (third-person singular simple present verbifies, present participle verbifying, simple past and past participle verbified)

(transitive, nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.

(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.

Synonyms

• verbalize, verbalise

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"bi*fy, v. t. Etym: [Verb + -fy.]

Definition: To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.] Earle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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