-ify

短语

suf. =-fy：intensify

发音

其它 /ɪfaɪ/

词形变化

-ified -ifies 三单 -ifies -ifying -ifying 现在分词 -ified 过去式 -ified 过去分词

别名

-fy

释义与例句

affix
  1. 1.

    Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.

    -化

  2. 2.

    Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

词源

Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

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