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.
Definition of bow. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to bend into a curve the wall bows a little. 3  2 music : to play a stringed instrument with a bow (see 3bow 5a)  transitive 1  verb. 1 : to cause to bend into a curve Years of riding had bowed his legs.  2 music : to play (a stringed instrument) with a bow bowing the strings.