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vi⋅tres⋅cent

  [vi-tres-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. becoming glass.
2. tending to become glass.
3. capable of being formed into glass.
Origin:
1750–60; < L vitr(um) glass + -escent

Related forms:
vi⋅tres⋅cence, noun
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vi·tres·cent   (vĭ-trěs'ənt)   
adj.  

    1. Tending to turn into glass.

    2. Capable of being turned into glass.

  2. Resembling glass; vitreous.


[Latin vitrum, glass + -escent.]
vi·tres'cence n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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