| ACETIFY | • acetify v. (Transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar. • acetify v. (Intransitive) To turn acid. • ACETIFY v. to convert to vinegar. |
| BEATIFY | • beatify v. (Transitive) To make blissful. • beatify v. (Transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. • beatify v. (Transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed. |
| BRUTIFY | • brutify v. (Transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize. • BRUTIFY v. to make brutal. |
| CERTIFY | • certify v. (Transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth. • certify v. (Transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing. • certify v. (Transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard. |
| FORTIFY | • fortify v. (Military) To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible… • fortify v. (Figurative) To impart strength or vigor to. • fortify v. (Wine) To add spirits to wine to increase the alcohol content. |
| FRUTIFY | • frutify v. Alternative form of fructify. • FRUTIFY v. (Shakespeare) Launcelot Gobbo's blunder for notify. |
| GRATIFY | • gratify v. (Transitive) To please. • gratify v. (Transitive) To make content; to satisfy. • GRATIFY v. to satisfy. |
| JUSTIFY | • justify v. (Transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for. • justify v. (Transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. • justify v. (Transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all… |
| MATTIFY | • mattify v. (Of a cosmetic) to produce a matt effect or reduce the shiny appearance of the skin. • MATTIFY v. to use cosmetics to reduce the shine of skin. |
| MORTIFY | • mortify v. (Transitive) To discipline (One’s body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. • mortify v. (Transitive, usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one’s dignity. • mortify v. (Obsolete, transitive) To kill. |
| MYSTIFY | • mystify v. (Transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. • MYSTIFY v. to perplex. |
| PONTIFY | • pontify v. To pontificate. • PONTIFY v. to play the pontiff. |
| RECTIFY | • rectify v. (Obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body). • rectify v. (Transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. • rectify v. (Transitive) To remedy or fix (An undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). |
| TESTIFY | • testify v. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. • testify v. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. • TESTIFY v. to bear witness. |