Word: abdicated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ab
di
ca
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate; give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Morphemes:
Affix: abdicate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: away
Affix: dicō
Language: la
Decoded: dico
Meaning: proclaim, dedicate, declare
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.