virent

English

Etymology

Latin virens, present participle of virere (“to be green”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹənt/

Adjective

virent (comparative more virent, superlative most virent)

(obsolete) green; not withered
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  the roots of Canes, Bryony and other plants: for in these yet fresh and virent

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “virent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Vinter, invert, ventri-

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viʁ/
Audio (file)
Homophones: vire, vires

Verb

virent

third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of virer

Verb

virent

third-person plural past historic of voir

Anagrams

revint, revînt, rivent, vernit, vernît

Latin

Verb

virent

third-person plural present active indicative of vireō

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