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-ade definition

-ade (ād, äd)

  1. the act of ____ing blockade
  2. result or product arcade
  3. participant(s) in an action brigade

  4. Etymology: after lemonade

    drink made from limeade

Etymology: Fr -ade; Prov, Port, or Sp -ada; It -ata; all ult. < L -ata, fem. ending of pp. of verbs of the first conjugation

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