-ee

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:18:26

-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -'e, masc.]

A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

 

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