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fluoresce

fluo·resce [ fl réss, flaw réss ] (past and past participle fluo·resced, present participle fluo·resc·ing, 3rd person present singular fluo·resc·es)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
experience or show fluorescence: to exhibit or undergo the phenomenon of fluorescence

[Late 19th century. Back-formation <fluorescent]

fluo·resc·er noun
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