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Definition of escent in English English dictionary
- A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc
- -escent
- resembling
- -escent
- beginning to be; becoming
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[ 'e-s&nt ] (adjective suffix.) Middle French, from Latin -escent-, -escens, present participle suffix of inchoative verbs in -escere.Resimler
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