Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A suffix of adjectives, and of nouns originally adjectives (primarily, in the original Latin, a present participle suffix), cognate with the original form of English present participle suffix -ing, as in ardent, burning, cadent, falling, crescent, growing, orient, rising, etc.: equivalent to -ant. Adjectives in -ent are usually accompanied by derived nouns in -ence or -ency, as cadence, ardency, etc. See -ant, -ance, -ancy.
- Abbreviations of entomology.
Wiktionary
- n. fantasy A fictional large talking tree.
- v. dialect, UK To empty or pour.
Etymologies
- Possibly from empty, through assimilation of the "m" to the following "t" (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Notice the similarity in phrasing between Heidegger and Adorno: they both talk of unveiling Adorno uses the word ent-hüllen, Heidegger ent-bergen, they both imply that truth is revealed by lifting a barrier that prevents it to be seen, but the crucial difference is that for Adorno truth is revealed through a critical relationship to the world, for Heidegger it is purely affirmative.”
“Notice the similarity in phrasing between Heidegger and Adorno: they both talk of unveiling (Adorno uses the word ent-hüllen, Heidegger ent-bergen, they both imply that truth is revealed by lifting a barrier that prevents it to be seen), but the crucial difference is that for Adorno truth is revealed through a critical relationship to the world, for Heidegger it is purely affirmative. (title unknown) from enowning”
“USA, 98, 13595-13600 ent-Kaurene oxidase 1.14.13.78 1 Nomenclature EC number 1.14.13.78 Systematic name ent-kaur-16-ene, NADPH: oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating) Recommended name ent-kaurene oxidase CAS registry number 149565-67-3 2 Source Organism”
“And how pleased are sinners, when their teachers teach them, to delay loving God supremely for the pres ent, which is really teaching them to delay forever.”
Internet Archive: Sermons on various important subjects of doctrine and practice
“(car (entsel))) (att_prop att_tagname ent This says that chgattxtlaystyle is an unknown command but since you can use it I assume it will work. replacement_layer and replacement_style, should I be replacing a temp value in the program where you do a table search and put my style and layer?”
“The syllable ent which is generally transformed into [short u, breve] nt.”
“G-Anno-Text") (setq att_stylename "dim") (att_prop att_tagname ent 8 att_layername) (att_prop att_tagname ent 7 att_stylename) (chgattxtlaystyle "G-Anno-Text" "dim" 0) where the first argument is the new layer name, the second argument is the new style name and the third argument is the new oblique angle.”
“G-Anno-Text") (setq att_stylename "dim") (att_prop att_tagname ent 8 att_layername) (att_prop att_tagname ent 7 att_stylename) my function, than you should call it like this: where the first argument is the new layer name, the second argument is the new style name and the third argument is the new oblique angle.”
“(entupd), but can do something directly to it right from its being in the set, I even dispense with the 'ent' variable entirely, and just do this:”
“We believe that is an important commit" ent, "said Rao.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ent’.
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Suffix
-able, ade, age, al, an, ian, ance, ant, ar, ard, arian, ary and 60 more...
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And the Bog Down in the Valley-O
Tree-ish words.
ramification, dendritic, shoe tree, dendrochronology, xylophone, Pennsylvania, syntax tree, factor tree, square root, peppermint bark, table leaf, twiggy and 2 more...
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redditum vocabularum
Words sometimes have a different meaning on reddit.
trees, ents, bacon?redditor, ent, tree, trees, bacon, upvote, downvote, gold, reddit, subreddit, AMA, IAMA and 14 more...
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#1
Words I Like
abide, sashay, microbial, scented, nature, amorphous, unknown, imagine, photogenic, soft, silken, history and 188 more...
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Fictional beasties
elf, gnome, dwarf, sprite, troll, fairy, nymph, imp, brownie, sasquatch, yeti, wookiee and 574 more...
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Scriptie: The Two Towers
dampen, treacherous, black gate, man-flesh, precious, elvish, dwarf, pursuit, quarry, hobbit, sprinters, horse lords and 236 more...
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Not Yet Colde in it's Grave
Some semblances strange & others nearer, dearer, yet more familiar... . .
ac, amber, ambyre, ancor-rap, and, anda, atol, bana, band, beadu, beadu-weorc, bealu and 446 more...
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To Find Them All
arwen, eowyn, minas tirith, minas morgul, shelob, aragorn, ent, orc, dwalin, balin, ori, nori and 89 more...
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MY LIST
TENUOUS, LAMPOON, OBLIVIOUS, EPICURE, ACQUIESCE, PLUMMET, EPHEMERAL, BOLSTER, TENACIOUS, OBLIQUE, LACONIC, CREPUSCULAR and 518 more...
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figments
denizens of the imagination (non-human, mostly).
an offshoot of animaliabandersnatch, gnome, fairy, elf, troll, ent, hobbit, dwarf, orc, ogre, gollum, basilisk and 78 more...
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ever onward...
being words, terms, names of people and places, and other items from Lord of the Rings, not limited to those which are unique to Middle-Earth, and in no particular order.
hobbit, elf, man, ent, wizard, oliphaunt, nazgul, wraith, dwarf, ithildin, mithril, sindarin and 77 more...
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fantastic races
angel, centaur, djinn, drow, dryad, dwarf, elf, ent, ettin, fairy, genie, gnome and 21 more...
Tweets
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