ministered
- 1Simple past and past participle of minister.
Volunteers ministered to the flood victims with food and warm blankets.
He had ministered to the dying for decades before he finally retired.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the plain past (she ministered) and the participle after have (he had ministered), both formed regularly with -ed. In the caring sense it is intransitive and needs to before whoever is helped. You say ministered to the sick, never ministered the sick. A clergyman simply ministered, with no object at all. Only the archaic sense 'to supply' takes a direct object: to have ministered aid was to have given it.
ministered is a form of minister
minister, verb: To attend to someone's needs; to tend, care for, or give aid and service. Full entry
- Forms
- ministerministers he/she/itministering -ing formministered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- minister → ministered: add -ed
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