Meaning of calesce | Babel Free

Definitions

To undergo calescence; to become or grow warm; to heat up; to warm; to glow with heat.

obsolete, rare

Examples

“Now [warming it over the spirit lamp] here it is becoming yellow again, and that is all because its attraction of cohesion is changed. And what will you say⟳ to me when I tell⟳ you that this piece of common charcoal is just the same thing, only differently calesced, as the diamonds which you wear⟳?”

“23. Drops of Water. — In answer⟳ to E. J. Pond's query in Science for Jan. 20, it seems to me that the phenomenon is explainable in the same way as the related phenomenon of drops of water on a hot stove; […] The small drops that fall⟳ from the oar-blade will float⟳ a short time before calescing, even when no wind is blowing; […]”

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