Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-ance \-ance\ [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
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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