senescent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: senescent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
senescent adj growing old Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Senescent \Senes"cent\, a. [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.] Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. [bd]The night was senescent.[b8] --Poe. [bd]With too senescent* air.[b8] --Lowell.