ENGLISH - VERB FORMATION

VERB – FORMATION

1] From nouns                       add  “-ize”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      apology – apologize

Authority, character, centre, colony, economy, harmony, idol, magnetize, memory, monopoly, nature, patron, sermon,

2] From Adjectives                add  “-ize”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      brutal – brutalize

Civil, equal, familiar, general, special, stable, utility, victim

3] From nouns                       add  “-fy”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      class – classify

Diety, electricity, glory, justice, beauty, notice, person

4] From Adjectives                add  “-fy”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      clear – clarify

False, just, pur, specific, stupid, vile, terror, verse,

5] From nouns                       add  “-en”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      haste – hasten

Height, black, tight, bright, white, light,

6] From Adjectives                add  “-en”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      cheap – cheapen

Dark, deep, hard, long, mad, moist, short, sick, sweet, thick, white, wide

7] From nouns                       add  “-e”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      bath – bathe

Breath, cloth,

8] From Adjectives                 add  “-em”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      bitter – embitter

9]  From nouns                        add  “en-”  at the beginning of the word.

Eg.,      circle – encircle

List, role, shrine, slave, snare, rich, danger, force

10]  From adjectives               add  “en-”  at the beginning of the word.

Eg.,      able – enable

Dear, feeble, large, noble, rich, sure, throne, title

11]  From nouns                      add  “-ate”  at the end of the word.

Eg.,      habit – habituate

Necessity, origin, office, society

12]  From adjectives               add  “-ate”  at the beginning of the word.

Eg.,      humble – humiliate

Table, vice

13] belief – believe,   relief – relieve,  thief – thieve

14] brood-breed,  food-feed

15] abundant-abound,  brief-abbreviate,  clean – cleanse,  cool-chill,  dense-condense, 

firm-confirm,  found-fondle,  full-fill,  hale-heal,  lame-limp,  perpetual-perpetuate, 

proper-appropriate,  public-publish,  safe-save,  solid-consolidate,  strange-estrange, 

venerable-venerate,   tale-tell,  vapour-evaporate,  vigour - invigorate 

16] company-accompany,  drop-drip,  frost-freeze,  glass-glaze,  gold-gild,  grass-graze, 

heir-inherit,  knot-knit,  loss-lose,  peace-pecify,  prison-imprison,  sale-sell