a. [ad. L. juvenēscent-em, pr. pple. of juvenēscĕre to reach the age of youth.]
1. Becoming young or youthful.
1821. Lamb, Elia, Ser. I. Old Benchers Inner Temple. Reductive of juvenescent emotions.
1876. J. Ellis, Caesar in Egypt, 192.
| Spring, thy ecstatic influence | |
| To life renews, we care not why, | |
| The juvenescent soul and sense— | |
| But we must die. |
2. nonce-use. Immature, undeveloped.
1875. trans. Schmidt’s Desc. & Darw., 223. The lama is a juvenescent and feeble copy of the camel.
