-esce
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a suffix appearing in verbs borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative meaning: convalesce; putresce.
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Origin of -esce
From the Latin suffix -ēscere
Words nearby -esce
escargot, escarole, escarp, escarpment, Escaut, -esce, -escence, -escent, eschalot, eschar, escharotic
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How to use -esce in a sentence
Dove entra il vino, esce la vergogna—When 35 wine enters modesty goes.
Come Titan del seno dell' aurora Esce, così con le mie pecorelle I monti cerco sema far dimora.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama|Walter W. GregDa questa prouincia esce sopra il mare vn promontorio detto Rubro molto alto, & apparente chi nauiga.
Descrittione del regno di Scotia|Petruccio UbaldiniLugano is the Italian lake most lovingly encircled by mountain arms, and every height about it may be scaled with esce.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete|George Meredith