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Desinence
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So is caret. Does it mean:
| a dash one en long. |
| a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted. |
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| —n | |
| grammar an ending or termination, esp an inflectional ending of a word | |
| [C16: from French désinence, from Latin dēsinēns ending, from dēsinere to leave off, from | |
| 'desinent | |
| —adj | |
| desinential | |
| —adj | |
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