Definitions
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- A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; Cf.
-ent .
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- suffix The
agent noun derived fromverb . - suffix An
adjective corresponding to anoun in-ance . - suffix uncommon An adjective derived from a verb.
Etymologies
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From Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin case ending; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and.
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