Usually means: To grow old; deteriorate with age.
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  1. senesce: Merriam-Webster
  2. senesce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. senesce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. senesce: Vocabulary.com
  5. senesce: Wiktionary
  6. senesce: Dictionary.com
  7. senesce: Rhymezone
  8. senesce: FreeDictionary.org
  9. senesce: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. senesce: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  To grow older; to reach maturity.

Similar:
mature, come of age, seed, senilize, grow up, maturate, season, grow, get on, make older, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, rejuvenation, renewal

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Similar:
mature, come of age, seed, senilize, grow up, maturate, season, grow, get on, make older, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, rejuvenation, renewal



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