variant of -fy after a consonant: intensify.
Origin of
-ify
Middle English
-ifien < Middle French
-ifier < Latin
-ificāre, equivalent to
-i-
-i- +
-ficāre
-fy
Words nearby
-ify
-ie,
-iensis,
-ier,
-iferous,
-iformes,
-ify,
-il,
-ile,
-ility,
-im,
-in
British Dictionary definitions for
-ify
suffix forming verbs
a variant of -fy intensify
Derived forms of -ify
-ification, suffix forming nouns
