English Explanatory Dictionary

-se

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms verbs from adjectives or nouns. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify.

Pronunciation

/-n-s/ /-n-z/ /-s/ /-ʒ/ /-d-ʒ/

Word forms

-se

Etymology

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

Derived words

bless cleanse halse mince rinse rix wanse whinge
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