资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
-en \-en\
1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of
many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen.
In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been
added to older plural forms.
2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used
to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs
from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken,
frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding
in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.
4. [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr. ?.] An
adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden,
wooden.
5. [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.] The termination of the past
participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten,
trodden.