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Definition of: ence
Forming nouns of action, quality, state or condition from adjectives in -ent, as in diffidence, prominence. Compare -ENCY. See note under -ANCE. [<F -ence <L -entia, a suffix used to form nouns from present participles; or directly <L]
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