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-en
-en 1suff.1. a. To cause to be: cheapen.b. To become: redden.2. a. To cause to have: hearten.b. To come to have: lengthen.
[Middle English -enen, -nen, from Old English -nian.]
-en 2suff. Made of; resembling: earthen.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
-en 3suff. Used to form the past participle of many irregular verbs: broken, taken.
[Middle English, from Old English.]-en suffix forming verbs cause to be; become; cause to have: blacken; heighten. [Old English -n-, as in fæst-n-ian to fasten, of common Germanic origin; compare Icelandic fastna]
-en suffix forming adjectives of; made of; resembling: ashen; earthen; wooden. [Old English -en; related to Gothic -eins, Latin -īnus -ine1]en (ɛn)
n. 1. the letter N, n. 2. a space that is half the width of an em. en-1 , a prefix forming verbs that have the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “to confine in or place on” (entomb); “to cause to be in” (enrich; enslave; entrust); “to restrict,” typically with the additional sense “on all sides, completely” (encircle; enclose; entwine). This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive (enkindle; enliven; enshield). Also, before labial consonants, em-. Compare be-, in-2. [Middle English < Old French < Latin in- in-2] en-2 , a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek: energy; enthusiasm. Also, before labial consonants, em-. [(< Latin) < Greek; c. in-1, in-2] -en1 , a suffix formerly used to form transitive and intransitive verbs from adjectives (fasten; harden; sweeten), or from nouns (heighten; lengthen; strengthen). [Middle English, Old English -n-, as in Middle English fast-n-en, Old English fǣst-n-ian to make fast, fasten] -en2 , a suffix used to form adjectives of source or material from nouns: ashen; golden; oaken. [Middle English, Old English; c. Old High German -īn, Latin -īnus; compare -ine1] -en3 , a suffix used to mark the past participle in many strong and some weak verbs: taken; proven. [Middle English, Old English; c. German -en, Old Norse -inn] -en4 , a suffix used in forming the plural of some nouns: brethren; children; oxen. [Middle English; Old English -an, case ending of n-stem nouns, as in naman oblique singular, and nominative and acc. pl. of nama name] -en5 , a diminutive suffix: kitten; maiden. [Middle English, Old English, from neuter of -en2] EncyclopediaSeeParticipleMedicalSeeENThesaurusSeeparticiple |