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Verb-Forming
LATIN SUFFIXES
| -ate | to make, to do something with, to subject to, to take |
| -esce | to begin, to become |
| -(i)fy, -(e)fy | to make |
| -(i)fic | making, causing |
| -igate, -egate | to make, to drive |