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arboresce

UK/ɑːbəˈrɛs/US/ˌɑɹbəˈrɛs/

arboresce verb: to become a tree or tree-like, branching.

Verb

arboresce (third-person singular simple present arboresces, present participle arborescing, simple past and past participle arboresced)

  1. To become a tree or tree-like, branching.
    • The arteries arboresce copiously upon the reticular coat of the muscular fibre, and in warm-blooded animals these vessels are of sufficient capacity to admit the red particles of blood, but the intrinsic matter of muscle, contained within the ultimate cylinder, has no red particles.1805, Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 95

Forms of arboresce

third-person singular presentarboresces
present participlearborescing
past participlearboresced
pastarboresced

Origin of arboresce

From Latin arboresco.

Words that rhyme with arboresce

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Questions about arboresce

What does arboresce mean?
Arboresce means to become a tree or tree-like, branching.
What part of speech is arboresce?
Arboresce is a verb.
How do you pronounce arboresce?
Arboresce is pronounced /ɑːbəˈrɛs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of arboresce?
The past tense of arboresce is arboresced.

Words near arboresce in the dictionary

  1. arboreols
  2. arboreomorph
  3. arboreomorphs
  4. arboreous
  5. arbores
  6. arboresce
  7. arboresced
  8. arborescence
  9. arborescences
  10. arborescent
  11. arborescently

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