Past tense of adolesce; underwent or experienced adolescence; grew toward maturity.
Regular past tense formation of 'adolesce' using the '-ed' ending. This form is rarely used in modern English but remains grammatically valid.
You almost never hear someone say 'I adolesced' in conversation—everyone just says 'I grew up' or 'I went through adolescence,' showing how Latin-based verbs sometimes fade from everyday speech.
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