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.
Bent, curved, or turned backward. adj. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back against the roof of the mouth. n. A sound pronounced with the tongue in retroflex position, as the sound (r) in some varieties of English.