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Meaning of "acescent" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACESCENT

From Latin acēscent-, from acēscere to become sour, from ācer sharp.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACESCENT

əˈsɛsənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acescent in the English dictionary

The definition of acescent in the dictionary is slightly sour or turning sour.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACESCENT

acquiescent · adolescent · antidepressant · crescent · depressant · effervescent · fluorescent · glaucescent · incandescent · incessant · iridescent · marcescent · obsolescent · pearlescent · phosphorescent · prepubescent · quiescent · senescent · suppressant · tumescent

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACESCENT

acerbities · acerbity · acerola · acerose · acerous · acervate · acervation · acervulus · acescence · acescency · acetabula · acetabulum · acetal · acetaldehyde · acetamid · acetamide · acetaminophen · acetanilid · acetanilide · acetate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACESCENT

ascent · chemiluminescent · coalescent · convalescent · decrescent · descent · evanescent · Fertile Crescent · florescent · intumescent · line of descent · luminescent · nascent · opalescent · photoluminescent · preadolescent · recent · Red Crescent · reminiscent · scent · the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of acescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acescent» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ACESCENT

Find out the translation of acescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of acescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acescent» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

acescent
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

acidulado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

acescent
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

acescent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محمض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

acescent
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

acescent
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

acescent
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

acescent
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Acescent
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

acescent
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

acescent
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

acescent
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Acescent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acescent
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

புளித்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अक्सेंट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

acescent
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

acescent
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

acescent
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

acescent
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

acescent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπόξινη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acescent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACESCENT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACESCENT»

Discover the use of acescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vocabulary at the Center
Although aposematic isn't commonly used outside of the animal and plant kingdoms, how could the color red be considered aposematic in our society? ♢ acescent: turning sour; slightly sour • Comes from Latin acescens meaning to turn sour ...
Amy Benjamin, 2013
2
Vocabulary at the Core: Teaching the Common Core Standards
Although aposematic isn't commonly used outside of the animal and plant kingdoms, how could the color red be considered aposematic in our society? ♢ acescent: turning sour; slightly sour • Comes from Latin acescens meaning to turn sour ...
Amy Benjamin, John T. Crow, 2014
3
Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
It seems immediately to be secreted from the chyle, both being a white liquor of the same consistence : it is most copiously secreted after meals, and of an acescent nature. In most animals who live on vegetables, the milk is acescent ; and it is ...
Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig, 1797
4
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
In five hours the milk in all ihe tumblers began to change or grow acescent, but the milk which had been electrified changed no sooner than that which had not. These experiments render it evident that lightning, which operates in trie same way ...
5
The New England Journal of Medicine
The milk in all the phials became acescent in about the same time, showing that contact with the air has no influence in effecting the change. This experiment was tried a number of times, varying the heat of the water from 80 to 90 deg., with ...
6
Experimental Essays on Medical and Philosophical Subjects: ...
This general and well-known antiseptic quality in vegetable food, is commonly ac - .counted for by saying, that it produceth acescent chyle ; but alcalescent or putrescent vegetables are equally powerful, in this respect, with the acescent ...
David Macbride, Thomas Cadell ((Londres)), 1767
7
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
To obviate these, therefore, we give such an aliment as produces the least exacerbation of these fevers : and of this nature is milk, on account of its acescent vegetable nature. There appears also somewhat peculiar to milk, which requires only ...
8
A treatise on the practice of medicine
Yet, in an individual whose urine is loaded, from the causes already mentioned, with a superabundance of uric acid, acescent vegetable food, especially connected with a dyspeptic state of stomach, may strongly aid in inducing an attack of ...
George Bacon Wood, 1858
9
The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
The inferences, respecting these two depositions, are, that they did not both exist in considerable quantity in the same urine; that the lithic acid was most abundant in the urine of persons using acescent diet, and the other in that of those who ...
10
The Monthly Review
This Chapter concludes with prescribing a Regimen for the 4 scorbutic Patients in the King's naval Hospitals.' Chap. 5. presents us with another Species of the Scurvy* Arising * chiefly from acid and .acescent and farinaceous * Food.' * Foods.
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1756
REFERENCE
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