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-able
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An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, m…
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-ably
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A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
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-ana
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A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scalige…
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-ance
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A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
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-ancy
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A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
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-ant
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A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
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-arch
adjective · 78% connection
A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
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-ate
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As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
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-ation
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
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-blast
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A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesobl…
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-derm
noun · 78% connection
A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, et…
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-dom
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A suffix denoting
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-ee
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A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to…
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-en
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An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.
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-ency
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A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See…
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-gen
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A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
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-oid
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A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
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-ory
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An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…
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