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veterascent

veterascent adjective: growing old.

Adjective

veterascent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Growing old.
    • […] we have no palate at all to relish heavenly food, minding rather to patch up our decaying carcases, which are daily veterascent and mouldring away, then the taking hold of any opportunity that may lead us to partake and tast of those immortal joyes […]1641, John Gauden, “A sermon preached at the University of Oxford, In S. Maries, July 11. 1641.”, in Three sermons preached upon severall publike occasions by John Gauden, page 18
    • This Vestis animae (as Tertullian calls it,) our body, the clothing of our soules, is daily veterascent and mouldring away; notwithstanding all the art wee use to patch up our obsolete faces and withered carkasses.1658, John Hewitt, “Sermon 1”, in Nine select sermons: preached upon special occasions in the Parish Church of St. Gregories by St. Pauls, page 18

Origin of veterascent

From Latin veterāscēns.

Questions about veterascent

What does veterascent mean?
Veterascent means growing old.
What part of speech is veterascent?
Veterascent is an adjective.

Words near veterascent in the dictionary

  1. veteranizing
  2. Veteranos
  3. veterans
  4. Veterans Day
  5. Veterans Village
  6. veterascent
  7. veterate
  8. veteration
  9. Vetere
  10. Veteres
  11. veterinarian

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