"desinent" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin\n desinens, present participle of desinere, desitum (“to leave off, cease”); de- + sinere (“to let, allow”).",
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      "form": "more desinent",
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          "text": "In front of this sea were placed six tritons, in moving and sprightly actions, their upper parts human, save that their hairs were blue, as partaking of the sea-colour: their desinent parts fish, mounted above their heads, and all varied in disposition.",
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        "Ending; forming an end; lowermost."
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        "(obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost."
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  "word": "desinent"
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      "form": "more desinent",
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        "(obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost."
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