Definitions
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- noun the use of a
noun as though it were averb ; conversion into a verb
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Examples
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Not a big fan of verbification, but coincidentally I had just this conversation the other night.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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Not a big fan of verbification, but coincidentally I had just this conversation the other night.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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If direct verbification of a noun form is too pedantic, there are other ways to ruin a perfectly good word — think “en-garnish-ify” or “be-garnish”.
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Phoenix: "But you are making a big leap of course to assumed that the 1ps pronoun is indeed a verbification, as you assume it to be."
Back to business: emphatic particles and verbal extensions 2008
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But you are making a big leap of course to assumed that the 1ps pronoun is indeed a verbification, as you assume it to be.
Back to business: emphatic particles and verbal extensions 2008
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The verbification I apologize for my english has only served to increase their popularity.
Archive 2006-08-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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My hat is off to them because they force the language change to go through a crucible, and in the case of status may stop its pompous-seeming verbification.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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My hat is off to them because they force the language change to go through a crucible, and in the case of status may stop its pompous-seeming verbification.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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My hat is off to them because they force the language change to go through a crucible, and in the case of status may stop its pompous-seeming verbification.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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My hat is off to them because they force the language change to go through a crucible, and in the case of status may stop its pompous-seeming verbification.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
she commented on the word verbification
How nice and simple (and a teensy bit embarrassing)!
July 13, 2008