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1. -en suf.(6)

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Inflectional suffix of adjs. in early ME: (a) forming the dat.sg. and the dat.pl. of the indefinite (strong) declension; (b) forming the oblique cases (exc. acc. neuter) of the sing. and all cases……

2. -īn(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ine
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Suffix in a few adjectives of foreign origin, usually denoting 'of the nature of, belonging to, native to': Alpine, divine, feminin(e, Latin, marin, etc.; in nouns derived from adjectives: divine,……

3. -en suf.(7)

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Inflectional suffix in verbs: (a) Forming the past ind.pl. of all verbs, e.g. fǒund-en, dēmd-en; (b) forming the pres.ind.pl. of the preterit-present verbs: e.g. kunn-en, mǒu-en, wit-en; (c) forming……

4. -ere suf.(3)

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Inflectional ending of the definite (strong) adj. occurring in early ME: (a) in the gen. and dat. sing. feminine and (b) in the gen. plur. The gen.pl. inflection -er survives in the indef. numeral……

5. -āri(e suf.

Additional spellings: -arie
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In adjs. and nouns adopted from Latin: (a) adjs.: contrarie, necess-arie, secund-arie, solit-arie, volunt-arie, etc, ; (b) agent nouns: advers-arie, apothec-arie, secretarie; (c) other nouns……

6. -līk(e suf.

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A derivational suffix forming adjectives and adverbs from nouns or adjectives. Examples include asse-lik adj., castel-lik adj., clothlike adj. coif-like adj., felau-lik adj. [?distinct from felau……

7. -cī(e suf.

Additional spellings: ci, sie, si
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A suffix forming nouns, usually in words borrowed from French (such as artificie, benefice, malefice, marshalsie, minstralsie, prophecie, seneshalsie) or Latin (such as servicie), but occasionally……

8. -ātī̆f, -ātī̆ve adj. suf.

Additional spellings: -ative
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(a) In many (learned) adjs. taken from Latin or OF, as demonstr-atif, -ive, figur-atif, -ive, imagin-atif, -ive; -- often used as nouns; (b) in at least one adj. formed on the stem of an E verb: talk-……

9. -kin suf.

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A diminutive suffix: (a) in nouns of foreign, usually MDu. or MLG origin; e.g. boidekin, cruskin, ferdekin, kilderkin; (b) in prob. ME formations; e.g. baudekin n. (2), fauntekin, fend(e)kin,……

10. -aunt suf.

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(a) In many pr.ppls. taken from OF, e.g. abound-a(u)nt, appar-a(u)nt, ard-a(u)nt, arrog-a(u)nt, charge-a(u)nt, ramp-aunt, -and, etc.; (b) in a number of nouns (orig. ppls.) adopted from OF, as……

11. -k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ke
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A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME……

12. -sǒm suf.(2)

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A suffix added in ME to cardinal numbers, with the meaning 'a group of' or 'in all': e.g., eighte-sum pron., eightetenesom n. (Suppl.), four-som n., fourtisom n. (Suppl.), hundredsom n., ninsom n., si……

13. -āble adj. suf.

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In words taken from OF (& L): (a) derived from verbs, with 'passive' meaning: accept-able, agre-able, am-able, blam-able, chaunge-able, forfet-able, fortun-able, honor-able, etc.; (b) derived from……

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