English verb: senesce | |||
| 1. | senesce (change) grow old or older | ||
| Samples | She aged gracefully. We age every day--what a depressing thought!. Young men senesce. | ||
| Synonyms | age, get on, maturate, mature | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dote, fossilise, fossilize, turn | ||