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Alkalescent. World English Historical Dictionary

Alkalescent. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Alkalescent a. and sb. [f. ALKALI, as if ad. L. *alkalēscent-em, pr. pple. of an inceptive *alkalēscĕre, analogous to acēscĕre to become sour, etc. Cf. mod. Fr. alcalescent.]

1   A.  adj. Becoming or tending to become alkaline; of a character incipiently or slightly alkaline.

2 1732.  Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 255. All Animal Diet is Antiacid or Alkalescent.

3 1756.  C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, I. 186. Medicines which are chiefly alcaline or alcalescent.

4 1821.  Shelley, Lett. (1852), II. 259. Nothing but alcalescent water.

5   B.  sb. An alkalescent substance.

6 1750.  Pringle, in Phil. Trans., XLVI. 555. Carrots, Turneps, Garlick … and Colewort, were tried (as Alcalescents).

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