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-ency

¹ American

a noun suffix, equivalent to -ence:

consistency; dependency; exigency.

ency. ² American

Or encyc.,

abbreviation

encyclopedia.

-ency British

suffix

a variant of -ence

fluency
permanency

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Etymology

Origin of -ency

-ence + -y ³

Example Sentences

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Whether this is the shell represented in the Ency.

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In the disposition of its markings, it approaches near to the shell represented in the Ency.

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M. Lamarck is, I think, mistaken in the synonyms of this shell, which is represented in the Ency.

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I have no doubt that the bird we saw is the same as Bougainville procured, and from which a description has been given in the Ency.

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This bird is common to the Strait as well as to Chil�e, and is probably Byron's 'Painted Duck,' and the Anser pictus of the Ency.

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