-ify

make

Usage

  • transmogrify

    If something is transmogrified, its form or shape is changed completely, especially in a funny or exaggerated way.

  • indemnify

    If you indemnify someone against something bad happening, you promise to protect them from financial loss or legal responsibility if it happens.

  • vilify

    If you vilify people, you write or say bad things about them in an attempt to make them unpopular.

  • ossify

    If a belief, idea, system, or organization ossifies, it becomes fixed and unwilling to change.

  • deify

    If someone is deified, they have been either made into a god or are adored like one.

  • mollify

    If you mollify someone, you say or do something to make that person feel less angry or upset.

  • stultify

    When you are stultified by something, you lose interest in it because it is dull, boring, or time-consuming.

  • exemplify

    One thing that exemplifies another serves as an example of it, illustrates it, or demonstrates it.

  • nullify

    To nullify something is to cancel or negate it.

  • personify

    When you personify something, such as a quality, you are the perfect example of it.

  • rectify

    When you rectify something, you correct it or make it right once more.

  • qualified

    A qualified statement has been limited, restricted, or changed in some way.

  • qualify

    When you qualify for something, such as a club or job, you have the skills or qualities to fit in or be right for it.

  • identify

    To identify something is to point it out or name it.

  • simplify

    When you simplify something, you make it easier or not so hard to understand.

  • amplify

    increase in size, volume or significance

  • certify

    provide evidence for

  • disqualify

    make unfit or unsuitable

  • dissatisfy

    fail to satisfy

  • diversify

    make (more) diverse

  • edify

    make understand

  • justify

    show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for

  • magnify

    increase in size, volume or significance

  • modify

    make less severe or harsh or extreme

  • notify

    inform (somebody) of something

  • pacify

    cause to be more favorably inclined

  • petrify

    cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned

  • purify

    remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

  • quantify

    use as a quantifier

  • revivify

    give new life or energy to

  • scarify

    puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

  • signify

    denote or connote

  • solidify

    make solid or more solid

  • specify

    specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement

  • stratify

    divide society into social classes or castes

  • terrify

    fill with terror

  • testify

    give testimony in a court of law

  • typify

    embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

  • unify

    become one

  • verify

    confirm the truth of

  • vivify

    give new life or energy to

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