(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:51:38

Tor*pes"cent (?), a. [L. torpescens, p. pr. of torpescere to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr. torpere. See Torpid.]

Becoming torpid or numb.

Shenstone.

 

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