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#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..

#NAME? :: -est () A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest..

#NAME? :: -gen () A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen..

#NAME? :: -gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous..

#NAME? :: -or () A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc..

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

#NAME? :: -s () The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts..

#NAME? :: -ways () A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc..

#NAME? :: -ous () An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc..

-ant :: -ant () A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent..

#NAME? :: -ish () A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white..

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

#NAME? :: -ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment..

#NAME? :: -ess () A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress..

#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing..

#NAME? :: -ite () A suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in writing..

#NAME? :: -gen () A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen..

#NAME? :: -ling () An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling..

Suffixment :: Suffixion (n.) The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed..

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