51³Ō¹Ļ

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-fication

  1. a combining form of nouns of action or state corresponding to verbs ending in -fy: deification; pacification.


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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of -fication1

< Latin -“Ś¾±³¦Äå³Ł¾±Å²Ō- (stem of -“Ś¾±³¦Äå³Ł¾±Å ) a making, equivalent to -“Ś¾±³¦Äå ( re ) -fy + -³Ł¾±Å²Ō- -tion; in some words replacing Middle English -ficacioun < Anglo-French
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Example Sentences

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And if thereā€™s any kind of silver lining to our cityā€™s rampant condoĀ­-fication, here it is: ā€œThey built one of these condominiums behind my house a year and a half ago,ā€ Settles says, ā€œand every morning, those guys were out there, putting it together, bit by bit. One day, I look up, and itā€™s complete. I was inspired by that. Iā€™d go to bed earlier so I could get up earlier and do some work.ā€

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Ocean acidiĀ­fication, warming marine temperatures, mega-cyclones and a Texas-size gyre of floating trash imperil the regionā€™s marine life.

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Is the Kaiserā€’fication of U.S. healthcare a desirable and achievable goal?

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Either the modification of a given base is different in each of the kingdoms, or a given base is modified in one kingdom and in another kingdom the modiĀ­fication is made to an adjacent base.

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The London Review, in an article on the tendency in modern literature to the reĀ­vival of ghost stories, suggests to the wriĀ­ters that as a veriĀ­fication they obtain photographs of their spectral visitors.

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