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-escence definition

-escence (es′əns)

the process of becoming or beginning obsolescence

Etymology: L -escentia < -escens: see -escent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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