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Phosphoresce

PHOSPHORESCE

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Verb.
I.
phosphoress'. [See Phosphorus.]
To shine, as phosphorus, by exhibiting a faint light without sensible heat.
Arenaceous limestone phosphoresces in the dark, when scraped with a knife.

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phosphoresce

phosphoresce

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Verb

phosphoresce (third-person singular simple present phosphoresces, present participle phosphorescing, simple past and past participle phosphoresced)

  1. To exhibit phosphorescence

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