-escent

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

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acaulescent, accrescent, acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, arborescent, canescent, caulescent, decrescent, effervescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, frondescent, incalescent, incandescent, increscent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, marcescent, obsolescent, postpubescent, prepubescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, ramollescent, rubescent, rufescent, senescent, spinescent, suffrutescent, tabescent, tumescent, virescent, viridescent, -esce, -escence