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speech·i·fy
 speechify
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- pronunciation:
- spi
ch
faI
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
speechifies, speechifying, speechified |
| definition: |
to make a speech, esp. one that is too long or too obviously a harangue.
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| related words: |
preach, speak |
| derivation: |
speechifier (n.) |
The word speechify
contains the following part:
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective (uglify, Frenchify) or noun (citify, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction (putrefy, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
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