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senesce

/səˈnɛs/

senesce verb: to grow older; to reach maturity.

Verb

senesce (third-person singular simple present senesces, present participle senescing, simple past and past participle senesced)

  1. To grow older; to reach maturity.
    • All living organisms senesce.
    • After spawning, salmon rapidly senesce and die due to systemic endocrine alterations.2012, Douglas E. Crews, Gillian H. Ice, “Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation”, in Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis H. O'Rourke, editors, Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural...
    Synonyms:
    age, grow up

Synonyms of senesce

Forms of senesce

third-person singular presentsenesces
present participlesenescing
past participlesenesced
pastsenesced

Origin of senesce

From Latin senēscere (“to grow old”).

Words that rhyme with senesce

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Questions about senesce

What does senesce mean?
Senesce means to grow older; to reach maturity.
What part of speech is senesce?
Senesce is a verb.
How do you pronounce senesce?
Senesce is pronounced /səˈnɛs/.
What is the past tense of senesce?
The past tense of senesce is senesced.

Words near senesce in the dictionary

  1. senes
  2. Senesac
  3. Senesacs
  4. Senescall
  5. Senescalls
  6. senesce
  7. senesced
  8. senescence
  9. senescences
  10. senescent
  11. senesces

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