descaecer

From des- + archaic caecer (“to occur”), from Latin *cadescere.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskaeˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskaeˈseɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧e‧cer

descaecer (first-person singular present descaezco, first-person singular preterite descaecí, past participle descaecido)

1. (obsolete) to decline; to wane

• decaer

• “descaecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28