Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- suffix State; process. Used to form nouns from adjectives in -escent or verbs in -esce:
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Old French, from Latin -ēscentia, from -ēscēns, -ēscent-, -escent.]
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