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Definitions
Verb
1

past participle of bite

"The dog was bitten on its leg by a stray cat yesterday."

See Also
bit bite forebitten
Related Terms

Origin

Bitten is formed by adding the suffix -en to the base word bit. This construction follows a standard pattern of creating past participles from strong verbs.

Rhyming Words
ten sten aten osten paten goten atten hiten oaten ayten eaten outen esten eoten cuten often guten laten pecten molten
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