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-ence definition

-ence (əns, 'ns)

act, fact, quality, state, result, or degree conference, excellence

Etymology: ME < OFr -ence & L -entia < -ent- (see -ent) + -ia, n. ending

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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