English Explanatory Dictionary

-esce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, following the pattern of verbs derived from Latin verbs ending in -esco

Pronunciation

/-ˈɛs/

Word forms

-esce -esces -escing -esced

Etymology

From Latin -ēscō (“to grow, become a certain way”, an inchoative suffix). Compare -ish (Etymology 2).

Related words

coalesce convalesce deliquesce effervesce evanesce luminesce -escence -escent
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