Lesson 141
Ed, as a suffix, generally signifies did. In words like the following the e in ed is silent, and the wards, though of two and three syllables, are pronounced in one and two.
| blazed | wedged | boiled | be reaved |
| drained | solved | coiled | be sieged’ |
| hailed | called | soiled | blas phemed’ |
| lamed | hauled | bowed | ac quired’ |
| paved | mauled | crowned | con trol1ed’ |
| stowed | warmed | plowed | a bused’ |
| saved | warned | roused | ac cused’ |
| feared | warped | scoured | com muned’ |
| flowed | proved | soured | con fused’ |
| glued | shoved | dodged | de coyed’ |
| begged | loved | filled | en joyed’ |