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arborescing

arborescing is the present participle and gerund of arboresce.

Meaning of arboresce

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

Questions about arborescing

What is arborescing the present participle and gerund of?
Arborescing is the present participle and gerund of arboresce.

Words near arborescing in the dictionary

  1. arborescence
  2. arborescences
  3. arborescent
  4. arborescently
  5. arboresces
  6. arborescing
  7. arboresque
  8. arboret
  9. arboreta
  10. arborets
  11. arboretum

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