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-escence

-escence suffix: a process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).

Suffix

-escence

  1. A process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).
  2. A specified process or state.

Origin of -escence

From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ence.

Questions about -escence

What does -escence mean?
-escence means a process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).
What part of speech is -escence?
-escence is a suffix.

Words near -escence in the dictionary

  1. -ers
  2. -ery
  3. -es
  4. -esce
  5. -esced
  6. -escence
  7. -escent
  8. -esces
  9. -escing
  10. -ese
  11. -esis

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