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calescence

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ca⋅les⋅cent

  [kuh-les-uhnt]
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–adjective
growing warm; increasing in heat.
Origin:
1795–1805; < L calēscent- (s. of calēscēns becoming warm, prp. of calēscere), equiv. to cal- (s. of calēre to be warm) + -ēscent- -escent

Related forms:
ca⋅les⋅cence, noun
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