adolescev.

Brit.

/ˌadəˈlɛs/, U.S.

/ˌædlˈɛs/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: adolescent adj.

Etymology: Back-formation < adolescent adj. Compare classical Latin adolēscere to grow up (see adolescent n.).

intransitive. To become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > become adolescent [verb (intransitive)]

adolesce1859

1859 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 148/2 These facts clearly shew the necessity, on the part of parents, of establishing in their children a habit of temperance, that, as they adolesce, the vigour of the constitution may be normally and fully developed.

1870 Herald of Health July 38/2 As the child adolesces into youth, what is true? Whisky is substituted for lager.

1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) Pref., in Too True to be Good 166 The training of the scholar and the sportsman may split and diverge as they adolesce; but they must start from a common training and a common morality as children.

1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ix. 128 In September I shall be thirty. How much longer..shall [I] take over adolescing?

2009 Observer 12 July 26 It is a peculiar ritual, the new Harry Potter film. Child stars adolesce before our eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adolesce
释义	adolescev. Brit. /ˌadəˈlɛs/, U.S. /ˌædlˈɛs/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: adolescent adj. Etymology: Back-formation < adolescent adj. Compare classical Latin adolēscere to grow up (see adolescent n.). intransitive. To become adolescent; to pass through adolescence. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > become adolescent [verb (intransitive)] adolesce1859 1859 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 148/2 These facts clearly shew the necessity, on the part of parents, of establishing in their children a habit of temperance, that, as they adolesce, the vigour of the constitution may be normally and fully developed. 1870 Herald of Health July 38/2 As the child adolesces into youth, what is true? Whisky is substituted for lager. 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) Pref., in Too True to be Good 166 The training of the scholar and the sportsman may split and diverge as they adolesce; but they must start from a common training and a common morality as children. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ix. 128 In September I shall be thirty. How much longer..shall [I] take over adolescing? 2009 Observer 12 July 26 It is a peculiar ritual, the new Harry Potter film. Child stars adolesce before our eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1859
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