Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Senescent (Page: 1309)

Se*nes"cent (?), a. [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.