The root word fic meaning âmakeâ is a very productive root in English and you should make yourself comfortable with it. purification: process of âmakingâ pure certification: act of âmakingâ sure
bent 1. (bÄnt) v. Past tense and past participle of bend1. adj. 1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire. 2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the concert.
crook (plural crooks) 1  A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. 2  A bending of the knee; a genuflection. 3  A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). the crook of a cane. ( 4 obsolete) A lock or curl of hair. ( 5 obsolete) A gibbet.