-ify (to make)
-ify
Makes verbs: to make or become.
Can you simplify this sum before solving it?
Simplify
To make easier to understand.
Our teacher simplified the science chapter with pictures.
Beautify
To make something beautiful.
Students planted flowers to beautify the school gate.
Remember: Spelling: simple → simplify; beauty → beautify. In the past tense y → i: simplified, beautified. A few words use -efy: liquefy.