-escent
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Etymology
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Suffix
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Derived terms
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Etymology
Latin
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Suffix
-escent
beginning
to be;
becoming
resembling
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English words suffixed with -escent
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Related terms
terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
acaulescent
accrescent
acquiescent
adolescent
albescent
arborescent
canescent
caulescent
decrescent
effervescent
evanescent
excrescent
flavescent
frondescent
incalescent
incandescent
increscent
juvenescent
lactescent
liquescent
marcescent
obsolescent
postpubescent
prepubescent
pubescent
quiescent
putrescent
rubescent
rufescent
senescent
spinescent
suffrutescent
tabescent
tumescent
virescent
viridescent
-esce
-escence
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