verb · intransitive

adolesce

adolesce · adolesces · adolesced · adolescing

To become adolescent; to pass through adolescenceTo become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.

/ˌædəˈlɛs/

Meaning

1 senses

To become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.
The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12.
It is a young nation, still adolescing.
become adolescent; pass through adolescence

1 languages

Back-formation from adolescence. First attested in 1859.

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adolesces, adolescing, adolesced, adolesced

regular · Lesson

I, you, we, they	adolesce
he, she, it	adolesces

all persons

adolesced

I, you, we, they	have adolesced
he, she, it	has adolesced

all persons

will adolesce

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