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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. growing old;
[syn: aging, ageing, senescent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Senescent \Se*nes"cent\, a. [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere
   to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.]
   Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. "The night was
   senescent." --Poe. "With too senescent air." --Lowell.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

senescent
    adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]