-fy
(Latin: a suffix; make, do, build, cause, produce)
versify
vilify
virilify
To make virile or manly.
vitrify
1. To convert or change into glass or something like glass.
2. To change or make into glass or a glassy substance; especially, through heat fusion.
3. To make or to become vitreous.
2. To change or make into glass or a glassy substance; especially, through heat fusion.
3. To make or to become vitreous.
vivify (verb), vivifies; vivified; vivifying
1. To cause someone, or something, to come to life: When Jane read a story to her daughter, she vivified the dialogs of the characters by speaking in a very animated manner.
2. To give liveliness to something: Tom and Susan tried to vivify their home by painting each room a different color.
3. To make more lively, intense, or striking; to enliven: Mrs. Smart wanted to vivify her English lessons in the 10th grade in Germany by inviting a native speaker in to talk about the life of teenagers in the U.S.
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2. To give liveliness to something: Tom and Susan tried to vivify their home by painting each room a different color.
3. To make more lively, intense, or striking; to enliven: Mrs. Smart wanted to vivify her English lessons in the 10th grade in Germany by inviting a native speaker in to talk about the life of teenagers in the U.S.
