-fy


-fy

or -ifysuff. Cause to become; make: basify.
[Middle English -fien, from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, -ficārī, from -ficus, -fic.]

-fy

suffix forming verbs to make or become: beautify; simplify; liquefy. [from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, verbal ending formed from -ficus -fic]

-fy

a verbal suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, with the meanings “to make, cause to be, render” (clarify; purify); “to become, be made” (liquefy). Compare -ify. [Middle English < Old French -fier < Latin -ficāre, frequentative derivative of facere to make, do1]