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How many boots could a black coot black if a black coot could black boots?

[Phil] One example in standard English occurs to me: to black (a pair of boots, or a place of work).

Similarly, "to right something" and perhaps also (less clear) "to wrong someone"?

[Raak/CdM] However, "black" is also a noun. So is "wrong" and "right." Can an example be found which verbs an adjective which is not also a noun?

I was going to point out that "to up prices" involves verbing a preposition, but "up" can yet again be used as a noun.

Of course, in programming you can talk about "anding" and "oring" two numbers, but that falls more into jargon than standard English.