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Definition of -en suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-en

suffix

/ən/,

/n/

/ən/,

/n/

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(in verbs) to make or become
- blacken
- sadden
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(in adjectives) made of; looking like
- wooden
- golden

Word OriginOld English -nian, of Germanic origin.

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