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Latin
Etymology
From dulcis (“sweet”) + -ēscō.
Verb
dulcēscō (present infinitive dulcēscere, perfect active dulcuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become sweet
- Antonym: amārēscō
Conjugation
Descendants
(See also *indulcīre.)
References
- “dulcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dulcesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dulcesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.