Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-ence \-ence\ [F. -ence, L. -entia.]
A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also,
that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence,
diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See
{-ance}.
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