Meanings
verbsenesce (third-person singular simple present senesces, present participle senescing, simple past and past participle senesced)
present singular third person senesces · participle present senescing · participle past senesced · past senesced
- To grow older; to reach maturity.
All living organisms senesce.
1 more example
After spawning, salmon rapidly senesce and die due to systemic endocrine alterations.
2012, Douglas E. Crews, Gillian H. Ice, “Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation”, in Sara Stinson, Barry Bogin, Dennis H. O'Rourke, editors, Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
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Origin
- Latinsenēscere“to grow old”
- Englishsenesce
From Latin senēscere (“to grow old”).
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APA
senesce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senesce
MLA
“senesce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senesce. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “senesce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senesce.
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