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senēscō ‎(present infinitive senēscere, perfect active senuī); third conjugation, no passive

I become aged, grow old, age.
(by extension) I decay or diminish in strength, grow weak, weaken; waste away, wane, decline, dwindle.
(figuratively, of an occupation) I linger too long.

Conjugation of senesco (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	senēscō	senēscis	senēscit	senēscimus	senēscitis	senēscunt
	imperfect	senēscēbam	senēscēbās	senēscēbat	senēscēbāmus	senēscēbātis	senēscēbant
	future	senēscam	senēscēs	senēscet	senēscēmus	senēscētis	senēscent
	perfect	senuī	senuistī	senuit	senuimus	senuistis	senuērunt, senuēre
	pluperfect	senueram	senuerās	senuerat	senuerāmus	senuerātis	senuerant
	future perfect	senuerō	senueris	senuerit	senuerimus	senueritis	senuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	senēscam	senēscās	senēscat	senēscāmus	senēscātis	senēscant
	imperfect	senēscerem	senēscerēs	senēsceret	senēscerēmus	senēscerētis	senēscerent
	perfect	senuerim	senuerīs	senuerit	senuerīmus	senuerītis	senuerint
	pluperfect	senuissem	senuissēs	senuisset	senuissēmus	senuissētis	senuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	senēsce	—	—	senēscite	—
active	future	—	senēscitō	senēscitō	—	senēscitōte	senēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		senēscere	senuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		senēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		senēscere	senēscendī	senēscendō	senēscendum	—	—

senesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
senesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “senesco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit