Formation of Verbs:
Verbs From Nouns:
(a) Verbs beginning with “Be“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Fool | Befool |
| Friend | Befriend |
Similarly- Becloud; bedew, behead, benight, besiege, bewitch etc.
(b) Verbs beginning with “De“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Fame | Defame |
| Meanness | Demean |
(c) Verbs beginning with “Em“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Battle | Embattle |
| Body | Embody |
(d) Verbs beginning with “Im“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Bed | Imbed |
| Poverty | Impoverish |
| Prison | Imprison |
| Peril | Imperil |
(e) Verbs beginning with “En“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Cage | Encage |
| Camp | Encamp |
| Circle | Encircle |
| Courage | Encourage |
Similarly- Endanger; enjoy; enslave; ensure; enthrone, entomb; entrust; etc.
(f) Verbs ending in “en“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Black | Blacken |
| Breadth | Broaden |
| Depth | Deepen |
| Height | Heighten |
Similarly- Frighten; lengthen; enlighten; etc.
(g) Verbs ending in “fy“:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Class | Classify |
| Glory | Glorify |
Similarly- Beautify; electrify; justify; (liquid) liquefy; (solid) solidify also consolidate; (verse) versify; etc.
(h) Other Verbs:
| Nouns | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Bath | Bathe |
| Blood | Bleed |
| Calf | Calve |
| Cloth | Clothe |
| Company | Accompany |
| Drop | Drip |
| Famine | Famish |
| Food | Feed |
| Game | Gambol |
| Half | Halve |
| Knee | Kneel |
| Knot | Knit |
| Lion | Lionise |
| Lustre, Illustration | Illustrate |
| Nest | Nestle |
| Right | Rectify |
| Shelf | Shelve |
| Speech | Speak |
| Top | Topple |
Verbs From Adjectives:
| Adjectives | Verbs |
|---|---|
| Base | Debase |
| Close | Enclose |
| Dense | Condense |
| Feeble | Enfeeble |
| Firm | Confirm |
| Foul | Defile |
| Flat | Flatten |
| Fort | Fortify |
| Full | Fill |
| General | Generalize |
| Less | Lessen |
| Low | Lower |
| Particular | Particularize |
| Stable | Stabilize |
| Strange | Estrange |
| Very | Verify |
