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Main Entry: 1-ed
Pronunciation: \d after a vowel or b, g, j, l, m, n, ŋ, r, th, v, z, or zh; əd, id after d or t; t after other sounds; exceptions are pronounced at their entries\
Function: verb suffix or adjective suffix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -ed, -od, -ad; akin to Old High German -t, past participle ending, Latin -tus, Greek -tos, suffix forming verbals

1 —used to form the past participle of regular weak verbs <ended> <faded> <tried> <patted>
2 —used to form adjectives of identical meaning from Latin-derived adjectives ending in -ate <crenulated>
3 a : having : characterized by <cultured> <two-legged> b : having the characteristics of <bigoted>


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