Calesce
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To undergo calescence; to become or grow warm; to heat up; to warm; to glow with heat. obsolete, rare
"Now [warming it over the spirit lamp] here it is becoming yellow again, and that is all because its attraction of cohesion is changed. And what will you say to me when I tell you that this piece of common charcoal is just the same thing, only differently calesced, as the diamonds which you wear?"
Example
More examples"Now [warming it over the spirit lamp] here it is becoming yellow again, and that is all because its attraction of cohesion is changed. And what will you say to me when I tell you that this piece of common charcoal is just the same thing, only differently calesced, as the diamonds which you wear?"
Etymology
From Latin calescere.
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