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-escent

-escent suffix: beginning to be; becoming.

Suffix

-escent

  1. beginning to be; becoming
  2. resembling

Origin of -escent

From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ent.

Questions about -escent

What does -escent mean?
-escent means beginning to be; becoming.
What part of speech is -escent?
-escent is a suffix.

Words near -escent in the dictionary

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

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