Aren't there any interesting verbs?

[Dr. Goodword]

I'm only getting nouns and adjectives these days (and can only think of interesting nouns and adjectives myself). Can someone come up with a couple of interesting verbs?

[Perry]

ratify
c.1357, from O.Fr. ratifier (1294), from M.L. ratificare "confirm, approve," lit. "fix by reckoning," from L. ratus "fixed, valid" (pp. of reri "to reckon, think") + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

The etymology is interesting, as is the connection to factitious.

factitious
1646, from L. factitius "artificial," from factus, pp. of facere "do" (cf. Fr. faire, Sp. hacer), from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (cf. Skt. dadhati "puts, places;" Avestan dadaiti "he puts;" O.Pers. ada "he made;" Hitt. dai- "to place;" Gk. tithenai "to put, set, place;" Lith. deti "to put;" Czech diti, Pol. dziac', Rus. det' "to hide," delat' "to do;" O.H.G. tuon, Ger. tun, O.S., O.E. don "to do;" O.Fris. dua, O.Swed. duon, Goth. gadeths "a doing;" O.N. dalidun "they did").

[sluggo]

Verbify
-to verb a noun
e.g. the now-widely-accepted access (flesh out list here)
not to mention the word its own self
n= verbification

[gailr]

loiter

1362 (implied in loitering), from M.Du. loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm. In modern Du., leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with O.E. lutian "lurk," and related to O.E. loddere "beggar," O.H.G. lotar "empty, vain," Ger. Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," O.E. lyðre "base, bad, wicked."

-gailr
who doesn't lurk in the agora

[sluggo]

...
-gailr
who doesn't lurk in the agora

Not at all Good morning!

This entry is worth its weight in bandspace for this word alone:

Ger. Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal"

And you must disclose where you got "ð"

[gailr]

And you must disclose where you got "ð"

I see we're both taking a break from more productive endeavors! I depend on the pc character map and the "More Emoticons" feature to the left for most of these. However, etymonline's characters usually copy/paste for me acurately.

Now, back to work for both of us! Stop loitering in the Agora!
-gailr

[sluggo]

Now, back to work for both of us! Stop loitering in the Agora!

Hey! Watch that language!
Anyway it's off-season. Sluggo herewith plays the part of Maynard G. Krebs.
awright, move along, nothin' to see here, show's ovah...

Next up:
Augur (ˈɔgər) (cut 'n' pasted fwiw)
briefly brought up in previous AA entries, see below
verb (used with object)
3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate
4. to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken:
"Mounting sales augur a profitable year"

–verb (used without object)
5. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict
6. to be a sign; bode:
"The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area"

(reference) as noun:
1. one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs
2. soothsayer; prophet
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L augur (var. of auger) a diviner, soothsayer, deriv. of augére to augment with orig. implication of “prosper”; cf. august] (nb see Tim's AA entry)

Local Credits: Obligatory presearch* reveals this one has previous inaugurations, suggested by Skinem as noun here, hailed by Gailr here and adjectivally adjuncted by tcward as above.

*Presearch (verbified noun)- to research prior to action, copyright © 2007 Sluggo (getting my claim in pre-Colbert)

Just wanted sump'm with an interesting genealogy.

Wow, play is a lotta work. So many links here that I've come over all peckish...

[sluggo]

And you must disclose where you got "ð"

...I depend on the pc character map and the "More Emoticons" feature to the left...

Eureka! <slaps own head> I didn't realise we were so well equipped, you know, over there.

From what I know of him Sluggo's the sort who would go shopping for a keyboard and then demand to know where the thorn key is

[gailr]

Ah Grasshopper, you have much to learn...

Þ
"Latin Capital Letter Thorn"

ſ
"Latin Small Letter Long S"

Ų
"Latin Capital Letter U With Ogoneck" i dunno, this one sounds painful

Ð
"Latin Capital Letter Eth"

Ŋ
"Latin Capital Letter Eng"

-ġÅîŁŗ
nicely done on ɔgər btw

[sluggo]

Ogoneck? I thought that was a beer.
(Ogreneck? Augurneck? )
(there really should be a beer-swilling graphic...)

[Dr. Goodword]

OK, keep on topic. I like loiter and auger but I need more.[/i]

(Ogonëk is the magazine of the Russian Communist Youth League. It means "little flame" or "little light".)

[Bailey]

[quote="sluggo"] Sluggo herewith plays the part of Maynard G. Krebs.

W-O-R-K!

ganz bestimmt.

mark Dobie;-tell-Tuesday-to-go-barefoot Bailey

[sluggo]

Thanks Doc, I'll have an Ogonëk Light, spassebo.

Here's another:
Inure /
Enure

1. transitive verb
harden somebody to something: to make somebody used to something unpleasant over a period of time, so that he or she no longer is bothered or upset by it

2. intransitive verb come into effect: to come into legal operation or effect

[15th century. < assumed Anglo-Norman eneurer "accustom by use" < assumed eure "use" < Latin opera "work"]
{source: Encarta}

Inflected Form(s): in·ured; in·ur·ing

Etymology: Middle English enuren, from in ure customary, from putten in ure to use, put into practice, part translation of Anglo-French mettre en ovre, en uevre
transitive verb : to accustom to accept something undesirable <children inured to violence>

intransitive verb : to become of advantage -,policies that inure to the benefit of employees>
{source: Merriam-Webster}

Two accepted spellings [Inure and Enure] the former seems the main entry on above sources; the latter looks better to me, possibly because it's not an anagram of urine?

Good catch, Bailey. Will gladly pay you Tuesday.

Edit:: No wonder this seemed familiar- proposed less than a month ago by Dobi -uh, Bailey. In my defence I searched my favoured spelling and failed to find it, not thinking about the other spelling. So I second it.

Evidently my next verb should be regroup

[Stargzer]

verb

v. To turn another part of speech into a word indicating action.

In play: English is a great language because you can verb any noun you want to.

[Bailey]

rat·i·fy (rt-f)
tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies
To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve.

[Middle English ratifien, from Old French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificre : Latin ratus, fixed, past participle of rr, to reckon, consider; see rate1 + Latin -ficre, -fy.]



rati·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
rati·fier n.

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mark you-want-verbs? Bailey