adjectify

== English == === Etymology === From adjective +‎ -fy. === Verb === adjectify (third-person singular simple present adjectifies, present participle adjectifying, simple past and past participle adjectified) (transitive) To convert (a word that is not an adjective) into an adjective. (transitive) To describe something. ==== Synonyms ==== (convert into an adjective): adjective, adjectivize ==== Derived terms ==== adjectification === See also === (converting into or using as another part of speech) adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize/adverbise nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, substantify, (very rare) substantive verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify === References === Robert Hartwell Fiske (2011), Robert Hartwell Fiske’s Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with Commentary on Lexicographers and Linguists, Scribner, →ISBN, page 28: “adjectify Misused for describe (or similar words).”