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Senescent

Se-nes′cent

,
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.

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senescent

senescent

See also: sénescent

English

Adjective

senescent (comparative more senescent, superlative most senescent)

  1. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
  2. characteristic of old age

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External links

  • senescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • senescent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

senēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of senēscō