ADOLESCENCE

ADOLES'CENCE, noun [Latin adolescens, growing, of ad and olesco, to grow, from oleo. Heb. to ascend.]The state of growing, applied to the young of the human race; youth, or the period of life between childhood and manhood.

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adolescence. Adolescence, n. the state of a person growing, youth

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Ad′o‐les″cence (�), n. [[Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.]] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.