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Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   Same as -ance; having the state or condition of. idiomatic, morpheme

   "dependence"

Synonyms

All synonyms

ance

Etymology

From Middle English -ence, from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia. Compare Old English -ende, -endu (“-ing, -ence”).

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