escent

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A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc
-escent
resembling
-escent
beginning to be; becoming
escent

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    [ 'e-s&nt ] (adjective suffix.) Middle French, from Latin -escent-, -escens, present participle suffix of inchoative verbs in -escere.
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