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VERBS, INFLECTIONS OF:-- Past indicative -t for -ted

Past Indicative: -t for -ted. In verbs in which the infinitive ends in -t, -ed is often omitted in the past indicative for euphony.

“I fast and prayed for their intelligence.
”

“There they hoist us.
”

“Plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vessel.” Ib. 211.

“When service sweat for duty, not for meed.
”

“Stood Dido . . . and waft her love
To come again to Carthage.
”

Compare Hen. VIII. ii. 1. 33; M. of V. iii. 2. 205.

We find "bid" for "bided," i.e. "endured," in

“Endured of (by) her for whom you bid like sorrow.
”

This is, of course, as natural as "chid," "rid," &c., which are recognized forms. On the other hand, the termination in -ed is sometimes used for a stronger form:

“I shaked.
”

A Shakespearean Grammar. Edwin Abbott Abbott. London and New York. Macmillan and Company. 1870.

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