ETYMOLOGY
from Latin veterascent-, veterascens (present participle of veterascere to grow old),
from veter-, vetus (old) + ‑ascere
EXAMPLE
“… This Vestis animae (as Tertullian calls it,) our body, the clothing of our soules, is daily veterascent and mouldring away; notwithstanding all the art wee use to patch up our obsolete faces and withered carkasses. O let our minds, that inward man, as the Eagle, be renewed daily …”
From: Three Sermons preached upon severall publike occasions by John Gauden, 1642
PRONUNCIATION
vet-uh-RASS-uhnt
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