Forms transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word.

Abbreviation of English.

The name of the Latin-script letter N. / (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

(dialectal, Newfoundland) him / (dialectal, Newfoundland) it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

in, into / on, onto / covered / caused / an intensifier

(no longer productive) Denotes the past participle form when attached to a verb. / Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.

Used to denote the plural form of a small number of English nouns, the majority of whose etymologies go back to the n-stem (i.e. weak noun) declension of Germanic languages.

When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".

Suffix meaning "pertaining to", "having the qualities of", "resembling", "like".