verbify

V4E1R1B3I1F4Y4

verb

To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.

Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbverbify (third-person singular simple present verbifies, present participle verbifying, simple past and past participle verbified)

present singular third person verbifies · participle present verbifying · participle past verbified · past verbified

  1. nonstandardtransitiveTo use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
  2. nonstandardslangtransitiveTo derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.

    One way to verbify quickly is by adding the suffix -ize to a word. Numerous examples are cited where verbified words have come into common usage.

    1994, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, page 1173

Origin

From verb + -ify.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

verbify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbify

MLA

“verbify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbify.

Source: verbify on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.