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a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: he crossed the river.

Origin:
Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; orig. disputed

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting from the action of the verb (inflated balloons).

Origin:
Old English -ed, -od, -ad; orig. disputed

a suffix forming adjectives from nouns: bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

Origin:
Middle English; Old English -ede

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-ed¹

—*suffix*
	forming the past tense of most English verbs

[Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade]

-ed²

—*suffix*
	forming the past participle of most English verbs

[Old English -ed, -od, -ad]

-ed³

—*suffix forming adjectives*
	possessing or having the characteristics of: salaried; red-blooded

[Old English -ede]

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Word Origin & History

-ed

pp. suffix of weak verbs, from O.E. -ed, -ad, -od (leveled to -ed in M.E.), from P.Gmc. *-do-, from PIE *-to- (cf. Gk. -tos, L. -tus). Originally fully pronounced, as still in beloved (which, with blessed, accursed, and a few others retains the full pronunciation through liturgical readings). In 16c.-18c.

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often written -t when so pronounced (usually after a consonant or short vowel), and still so where a long vowel in the stem is short in the pp. (crept, slept, etc.). In some older words both forms exist, with different shades of meaning, cf. gilded/gilt, burned/burnt.

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