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- verb Present participle of
verbify .
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Not because I have a problem with "verbifying" nouns per se (I LIKE that English is a living language), but because "impact" as a verb was popularized by buzzword-spewing corporate-types.
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Note that some of these, such as “torture,” are amply attested in noun form; Shakespeare is being credited here with verbifying them.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Much Did Shakespeare Embiggen the English Vocabulary? 2007
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