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Webster 1913 Edition
Senescent
Se-nes′cent
,Adj.
[L.
senescent
, p. pr. of senescere
to grow old, incho. fr. senere
to be old.] Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
“The night was senescent.” Poe.
“With too senescent air.” Lowell.
Definition 2024
senescent
senescent
See also: sénescent
English
Adjective
senescent (comparative more senescent, superlative most senescent)
- Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
- characteristic of old age
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- senescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- senescent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911