单词 | verbification |
释义 | verbificationn. The action or fact of converting a word, esp. a noun, into a verb. In later use also: a word formed by such a conversion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > conversion into verbing1766 verbification1785 verbalization1837 1785 Beauties of Brinsleiad 10 Our author,..by the use of a figure in poetry, called verbification, has enriched the language with a new word, ‘equilibrize.’ 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 606/2 Ratio we know to be from reor; and reor is..a verbification (excuse the word..), from res. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vi. 259 Reason will be given..for supposing that it had its beginning in the verbification of a French substantive. 1907 Amer. Anthropologist 9 479 Verbification of adjectives is characteristic, merely the addition of a personal pronoun and a certain verbal suffix sufficing in all such cases. 1994 Washington Post 1 Jan. a21/3 Wait a decade or two, and we'll probably find it [sc. the verb ‘decision’] no more awkward than other verbifications..such as target, map or telephone. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Mar. 30/2 In the inexorable trend toward the verbification of nouns, the question asked a generation ago by editors—‘Do you really have a source for this?’—was changed to ‘How has this been sourced?’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1785 |
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