Definitions
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- verb To
commence orprogress throughadolescence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become adolescent; pass through adolescence
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Examples
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I was lucky to adolesce in the late 1960s, helped by a television show called, "The Newlywed Game."
American Movies, Arranged Marriages James F. McGrath 2010
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At least part of a child's training must include the information and inspiration he needs to adolesce well.
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In fiction, adolescents who never successfully adolesce become annoying.
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In real life, adolescents who never successfully adolesce become single twenty-somethings who mooch off their parents and spend all their money on fancy electronics.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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In real life, adolescents who never successfully adolesce become single twenty-somethings who mooch off their parents and spend all their money on fancy electronics.
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In fiction, adolescents who never successfully adolesce become annoying.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Many modern tales of adolescence are bad precisely because none of the characters actually adolesce -- that is, become adults.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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At least part of a child's training must include the information and inspiration he needs to adolesce well.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Many modern tales of adolescence are bad precisely because none of the characters actually adolesce -- that is, become adults.
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Doug Clinton: Edward Tufte would have a field ... tk: where's the genitals? pre-adolesce ...
TheNextWeb.com 2009
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