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  1. suffix Used to form the present participle of verbs: seeing.
  2. suffix Used to form adjectives resembling present participles but not derived from verbs: swashbuckling.
  3. suffix Action, process, or art: dancing.
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  1. Middle English, alteration (influenced by -inge, noun or gerund suff.; see -ing2) of -ende, -inde, from Old English -ende, present participle suff.
  2. Middle English, from Old English -ung, -ing.
  3. Middle English, from Old English, belonging to, descended from.
 

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