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entelechy
entente
entente cordiale
enter
enter-
enter into
enter key
enter on
enteral feeding
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-ent
-ent


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. performing a particular action
acquiescent
2. one that performs a particular action
respondent
[< Latin -ent-, present participle ending]

-ence suffix
-ency suffix
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