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Webster 1913 Edition


Nigrescent

Ni-gres′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
nigrescens
, p. pr. of
nigrescere
to grow black, fr.
niger
black. See
Negro
.]
Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nigrescent

NIGRES'CENT

,
Adj.
[L. to grow black.] Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.