Word: patented
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pa
ten
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of patent; a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
Morphemes:
Affix: patent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: patentes lettres
Language: fro
Decoded: patentes lettres
Meaning: document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.