verbify

To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.

Verb

  1. To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
  2. To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.
    • One way to verbify quickly is by adding the suffix -ize to a word. Numerous examples are cited where verbified words have come into common usage. - 1994, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, page 1173:

Origin

Etymology tree English verb Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English verbify From verb + -ify.

Forms

verbifies verbifying verbified

Derived

verbification verbifier