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        English English Dictionary
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        -ine
        
    
    
        A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is
   a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.
    
        -ine
        
    
    
        A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of
   unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine,
   heptine, etc.