Contabescence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contabescent \Con`ta*bes"cent\, a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of
     contabescere.]
     Wasting away gradually. --Darwin. -- {Con*ta*bes"cence}, n.
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