-ed


a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs:
he crossed the river.
-ed2
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).
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-ed3
a suffix forming adjectives from nouns:
bearded; monied; tender-hearted.
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-ed1
suffix
forming the past tense of most english verbs
word origin
old english -de, -ede, -ode, -ade
-ed2
suffix
forming the past participle of most english verbs
word origin
old english -ed, -od, -ad
-ed3
suffix
possessing or having the characteristics of salaried; red-blooded
word origin
old english -ede
-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 pr-nounced, as still in beloved (which, with blessed, accursed, and a few others retains the full pr-nunciation through liturgical readings). in 16c.-18c. often written -t when so pr-nounced (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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