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-ent

 
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a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.
Origin:
< L -ent- (s. of -ēns), prp. suffix of conjugations 2, 3, 4
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-ent  
suff.  

    1. Performing, promoting, or causing a specified action: absorbent.

    2. Being in a specified state or condition: bivalent.

  2. One that performs, promotes, or causes a specified action: referent.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ēns, -ent-, present participle suff.]
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Word Origin & History

-ent 
suffix forming adjectives from nouns or verbs, from Fr. -ent, from L. -entem, pp. ending of verbs in -ere/-ire. O.Fr. changed many to -ant but after c.1500 some in Eng. were changed back to what was supposed to be correct L.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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