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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 -esce words #164252 12/15/06 07:08 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra OP addict OP Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Can anyone add more -esce words to this list? Quote: acquiesce verb accept something reluctantly but without protest coalesce verb come together and form one mass or whole. convalesce verb recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness detumesce verb the process of subsiding from a state of tension, swelling, or sexual arousal. defervesce verb (of a fever) to abate as indicated by a decrease in bodily temperature. deliquesce verb become liquid, typically during decomposition. effervesce verb (of a liquid) give off bubbles. effloresce verb lose moisture and turn to a fine powder upon exposure to air; bloom; ripen. evanesce verb pass out of sight, memory, or existence. fluoresce verb shine or glow brightly due to fluorescence. intumesce verb (rare) swell up. incandesce verb glow with heat. luminesce verb emit light by luminescence. obsolesce verb becoming obsolete. phosphoresce verb emit light or radiation. putresce verb to become putrescent or putrid. recrudesce verb break out again; recur. senesce verb (of a living organism) deteriorate with age. Last edited by Hydra; 12/15/06 07:10 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164253 12/15/06 11:11 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Adolesce Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164254 12/15/06 12:56 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh more -esce words Ah, inchoative verbs in -sk-. Lovely. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164255 12/15/06 01:20 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass there are ~37 -esce verbs listed in OED online; some of these come with the usual OED caveat (i.e., those that have been obsolesced or are rarefied). here's one: frondesce - To put forth leaves. .how cool is that? and another: rejuvenesce - To become young again; spec. in Biol. of cells: To acquire renewed vitality. Last edited by tsuwm; 12/15/06 01:27 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164256 12/15/06 03:58 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Go to www.onelook.com, enter *esce. 1. -esce 2. accresce 3. acquiesce 4. adolesce 5. cesce 6. cirotesce 7. coalesce 8. compesce 9. concresce 10. convalesce 11. defervesce 12. deliquesce 13. effervesce 14. effloresce 15. evanesce 16. fluoresce 17. frondesce 18. gaetano pesce 19. hugo pesce 20. incandesce 21. intumesce 22. iridesce 23. latinesce 24. lesce 25. luminesce 26. mark pesce 27. obsolesce 28. opalesce 29. pesce 30. phosphoresce 31. putresce 32. quiesce 33. recalesce 34. recrudesce 35. rejuvenesce 36. senesce 37. tumesce 38. turgesce 39. uncoalesce 40. vesce Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164257 12/15/06 07:36 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Jee--! excescive esces! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -esce words #164258 12/16/06 03:12 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Is an esce chat a logical thing to have here? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter the end days #164259 12/17/06 03:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: ... esce chat a logical ... You do stretch, doncha, TEd. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the end days #164260 12/17/06 11:10 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC And what chance is it that I will ever gain get to make a play on the word eschatological? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the end days #164261 12/18/06 12:39 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, poop. I thought it was a good one, TEd. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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