-fication

-fication

(word root) making
Examples of words with the root -fication: deification, pacification, beautification
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-fication

suff.
Production; making: jollification.
[Latin -ficātiō, -ficātiōn-, from -ficātus, past participle of -ficāre, to make, from -ficus, -fic.]
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-fication

a suffix of nouns of action corresponding to verbs ending in -fy: classification; unification.
[Middle English -ficacioun < Anglo-French < Latin -ficātiō=ficā(re) -fy + -tiō -tion]
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