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1. -craci(e suf.

Additional spellings: craci, crasie, crasi
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A suffix in a few borrowed words denoting forms of polity and belonging to the philosophical domain: aristogracie, oligracie, timotracie. …

2. -īse(n suf.

Additional spellings: -isen
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A suffix usually found in verbs from L, ML, or OF: auctorisen, baptisen, canonizen, cauterizen, evangelisen, intronizen, pulverisen, recognisen, solempnisen, etc. In a few words, this suffix either……

3. -ī̆st(e suf.

Additional spellings: -iste
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A suffix found in a few nouns from Latin, Medieval Latin, or Old French; e.g., alkemist (var. of alkamistre), baptist, decretiste, evangelist, exorcist; found rarely in ME formations; e.g……

4. -ī̆t(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ite
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A derivational suffix found in a few toponymics and racial names, chiefly from Latin: Ismaelites, Israelite, Levite, Sodomite, etc. In heremite, the ending was probably no longer thought of as a……

5. -ma(u)nci(e suf.

Additional spellings: manci, mansie, mansi, mauncie, maunci, maunsie, maunsi
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A combining form in words borrowed from French and Latin denoting forms of divination: aeromance, ciromancie, geomancy, nigromauncie, ornomanci, piromaunce, idromancie, egremauncie. …

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