Senesce
/səˈnɛs/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To grow older; to reach maturity.
"All living organisms senesce."
- 2 grow old or older wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"After spawning, salmon rapidly senesce and die due to systemic endocrine alterations."
Etymology
From Latin senēscere (“to grow old”).