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

Abbreviation of English.

(medicine) Initialism of erythema nodosum. / (medicine) Initialism of enrolled nurse. / (ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net.

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

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)

(obsolete) Used to form the infinitive of verbs. / (obsolete) Used to form the plural present tense of verbs.

(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.