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fy (iou)



-fy suffix. Also (see below) -ify.
[from or after F -fier from Latin -ficare (cf. -FICATION) and -facere (cf. -FACTION).]
Used, usu. with intermediate -I-, to form verbs: (i) from nouns with the senses 'make, produce' (pacify, satisfy, speechify), 'make into' (deify, petrify), 'make like' (countrify); (ii) from adjectives with the sense 'bring or come into a certain state' (Frenchify, sanctify, solidify); (iii) from Latin verbs with causative sense (horrify, stupefy).