-t
Suffix
  1. Forms the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs (leapt, kept, dreamt, etc)
Related terms Suffix
  1. An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with -s.
    against, amidst, amongst, betwixt, whilst, twicet
Suffix
  1. (no longer productive) Alternative form of -th
    arist, drift, sight, theft, thrift, etc.
Suffix
  1. Verbs formed from nouns or adjectives (compare English -ate, -ize), frequently having a causative force, or modified from an existing verb into a frequentative verb (no longer productive)
    yeet, grunt, fidget, botch, haunt (via French), elt (via Old Norse).



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