ency
1-ency — en*cy [L. entia.] A noun suffix having much the same meaning as ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See { ancy} …
2ency — or encyc abbrev. encyclopedia * * * …
3-ency — suffix denoting quality or state, from L. entia. Derivatively identical with ENCE (Cf. ence) …
4ency. — ency. (encyclopedia) n. book or set of books containing alphabetically arranged information on many subjects …
5-ency — [ən sē, n sē] [L entia] suffix ENCE [dependency, emergency, efficiency] …
6ency — or encyc abbrev. encyclopedia …
7-ency — suffix forming nouns denoting a quality (efficiency; fluency) or state (presidency) but not action (cf. ENCE). Etymology: L entia (cf. ANCY) * * * ənsē, ən , si noun suffix ( es) Etymology …
8ency. — encyclopedia. Also, encyc., encycl. * * * ency, suffix. 1. added to verbs the act or fact of ing: »Dependency = the act or fact of depending. 2. added to adjectives ending in ent the quality or condition of being ent: »Frequency = the condition… …
9ency — or encyc abbreviation encyclopedia …
10-ency — noun suffix Etymology: Middle English encie, from Latin entia more at ence quality or state < despondency > …
