"adolesce" meaning in English

See adolesce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: adolesces [present, singular, third-person], adolescing [participle, present], adolesced [participle, past], adolesced [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from adolescence. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|adolescence}} Back-formation from adolescence Head templates: {{en-verb}} adolesce (third-person singular simple present adolesces, present participle adolescing, simple past and past participle adolesced)
  1. (intransitive) To commence or progress through adolescence. Tags: intransitive Translations (commence or progress through adolescence): adoleski (Esperanto), adolecar (Ido), adolescer (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for adolesce meaning in English (1.9kB)

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