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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

senescent

, p. pr. of

senescere

to grow old, incho. fr.

senere

to be old.]

Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

“The night was senescent.”

Poe.

“With too senescent air.”

Lowell.

See also: senescent

sénescent m ‎(feminine singular sénescente, masculine plural sénescents, feminine plural sénescentes)