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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emollescence \Em`ol*les"cence\, n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. [1913 Webster]