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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Condition or quality: buoyancy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A modern extension of -ance, in imitation of the original Latin -ant-i-a, and perhaps also of -acy: see -ance and -cy, and cf. -ence, -ency. The two forms seldom differ in force.
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GNU Webster's 1913
- A suffix expressing more strongly than
-ance the idea of quality or state.
Etymologies
- Latin -antia and -entia; see -ance. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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