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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

torpescens

, p. pr. of

torpescere

to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr.

torpere

. See

Becoming torpid or numb.

Shenstone.

Adj.

[L. torpescens.] Becoming torpid or numb.

torpescent ‎(comparative more torpescent, superlative most torpescent)

Becoming torpid or numb.
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torpēscent