-esce

1. a suffix appearing in verbs borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative meaning:

   convalesce; putresce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -esce¹

From the Latin suffix -ēscere

Example Sentences

Dove entra il vino, esce la vergogna—When 35 wine enters modesty goes.

From Project Gutenberg

Come Titan del seno dell' aurora Esce, così con le mie pecorelle I monti cerco sema far dimora.

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Da questa prouincia esce sopra il mare vn promontorio detto Rubro molto alto, & apparente chi nauiga.

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Lugano is the Italian lake most lovingly encircled by mountain arms, and every height about it may be scaled with esce.

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