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Formation of Verbs:
Verbs From Nouns:
(a) Verbs beginning with “Be“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Fool | Befool |
Friend | Befriend |
Similarly- Becloud; bedew, behead, benight, besiege, bewitch etc.
(b) Verbs beginning with “De“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Fame | Defame |
Meanness | Demean |
(c) Verbs beginning with “Em“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Battle | Embattle |
Body | Embody |
(d) Verbs beginning with “Im“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Bed | Imbed |
Poverty | Impoverish |
Prison | Imprison |
Peril | Imperil |
(e) Verbs beginning with “En“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Cage | Encage |
Camp | Encamp |
Circle | Encircle |
Courage | Encourage |
Similarly- Endanger; enjoy; enslave; ensure; enthrone, entomb; entrust; etc.
(f) Verbs ending in “en“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Black | Blacken |
Breadth | Broaden |
Depth | Deepen |
Height | Heighten |
Similarly- Frighten; lengthen; enlighten; etc.
(g) Verbs ending in “fy“:
Nouns | Verbs |
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Class | Classify |
Glory | Glorify |
Similarly- Beautify; electrify; justify; (liquid) liquefy; (solid) solidify also consolidate; (verse) versify; etc.
(h) Other Verbs:
Nouns | Verbs |
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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 |
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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 |
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