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-escent

-escent


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. beginning or inclined to be, becoming, slightly
acquiescent
alkalescent

2. having a particular kind of luster
iridescent

3. resembling, having
arborescent

[Via French< Latin -escent-, present participle ending of verbs in -escere, expressing the beginning of action]

-escence suffix
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