English Dictionary

-ant

suffix

(now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb. / An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".

The study of plants is called botany.

意味（1）

(now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb.

serve → servant

意味（2）

An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".

意味（3）

An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".

ascend → ascendant

意味（4）

Alternative form of -and

blatant, blicant; flippant