I. verb suffix or adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~, -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
2. — used to form adjectives of identical meaning from Latin-derived adjectives ending in -ate 3. having ; characterized by , having the characteristics of , II. verb suffix Etymology: Middle English ~e, -de, from Old English -de, ~e, -ode, -ade; akin to Old High German -ta, past ending (1st singular) and probably to Old High German -t, past participle ending — used to form the past tense of regular weak verbs