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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

excresens

-entis

, p. pr. of

excrescere

to grow out ;

out +

crescere

to grow. See

Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

Expunge the whole, or lip the

excrescent

parts.

Pope.

Excrescent letter

(Philol.)

a letter which has been added to a root;

as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an

excrescent letter

Adj.

Growing out of something else, in a preternatural manner; superfluous; as a wart or tumor.

Expunge the whole or lop the excrescent parts.