Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ify

~ suffix (in verbs) also -fy 1 to affect something in a particular way, or become something  (to purify (=make or become pure) | to clarify the situation (=make it clear)) 2 to fill someone with a particular feeling  (They terrify me. (=fill me with terror)) 3 a) informal to do something in a silly or annoying way  (to speechify (=make speeches, use important sounding words)) b) to make something or someone be like or typical of a person or group  (Frenchified (=like the French))