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-ent definition

-ent (ənt, 'nt)

  1. that has, shows, or does insistent
  2. a person or thing that superintendent, solvent

Etymology: < OFr -ent, L -ens (gen. -entis), stem ending of certain present participles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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