calescent,a.rare.|kəˈlɛsənt| [ad. L. calēscēnt-em, pr.pple. of calēscĕre to grow warm, inchoative from calēre to be warm.] Growing warm, glowing with heat. 1804Huddesford Weccam. Chaplet 162 The calescent sanguine flood By vile vulgarity called Blood.