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verb intransitive

ex-albesco

2nd PP ex-albescere · 3rd PP ex-albescbŭi · conj. 3rd
to become white
v. inch. n., to become white.
Lit. (very rarely), Gell. 12, 1, 12.—More freq.,
to grow white; turn pale figuratively
Trop., to grow white, turn pale from fright, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; and in Fin. 5, 11, 31; Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48; id. de Or. 1, 26, 121.
Perseus ID: n16556 Key: exalbesco