| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  v nt |
| NOUN: | A slit in a garment, as in the back seam of a jacket. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English vente, alteration (probably influenced by Old French vent, wind) of fente, from Old French, slit, from fendre, to split open, from Latin findere. See fission.
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