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—verbification, n./verr"beuh fuy'/, v.t., verbified, verbifying.to change into or employ as a verb, as a noun.[1805-15; VERB + -IFY]
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Verbalized — Verbalize Ver bal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verbalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verbalizing}.] [Cf. F. verbaliser.] To convert into a verb; to verbify. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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