Thesaurus: ance
A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy. Note: All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or - ence, according to the Latin spelling…
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- A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/suffix">suffix class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/signifying">signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy. Note: All recently adopted words of this class take either -ance or - ence, according to the Latin spelling.
- A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as,assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.