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adolescere [CL] 1 to grow. b (of plants). c (fig.). d (?) to become wanton. a690 ubi ‥ adulto tenus pubertatis aevo adoleveras Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 490. b segetes ‥ jam in spicas et aristas ~entes Gosc. Aug. Maj. 58. c quamvis tanto jam tempore in terra ista fundata fides adoleverit Gir. TH III 26. d 10‥ ~eret, wlancode WW. 2 (pr. ppl.) youthful. b (as sb.), youth, lad. c705 licet ~ens aetate existas Aldh. Ep. 8 (10). b in cor ~entis Eddi 3; ut ipse adulescens in Hibernia ‥ monachicam ‥ vitam ‥ agebat Bede HE IV 3; ~ens vel investis ‥ geong man Ælf. Sup.; quales infantes, tales pueri, quales pueri, tales ~entes H. Los. Ep. 39; quindecim ~entes imberbes animosos Gir. TH III 40. 3 (pr. ppl. compar.) more full of youthful vigour. b younger. stabilior jam ex eo tempore animoque ~entior existere coepit Bede CuthbP 1. b ~entiores fratres ‥ instituebantur Gerv. Cant. I 8.

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