"-ent" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., from Old French -ent and its source Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th conjugations. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ent}} Middle English -ent, {{m|enm|-ant}} -ant, {{m|enm|-aunt}} -aunt, {{der|en|fro|-ent}} Old French -ent, {{der|en|la|-ēns}} Latin -ēns, {{m|la|-entem}} -entem, {{,}} , Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ent, {{en-suffix}} -ent
  1. Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ant, -ance, -ancy
    Sense id: en--ent-en-suffix-tDDRyNG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ent-en-suffix-7mX7sd2k

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