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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of becoming acescent or moderately sour.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. - Johnson

Etymologies

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Compare French acescence. See acescent.

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