torpescence (torpesens)

[ torpescent (tôr-pes'ent), a. [L. torpescen (t-)s, ppr. of torpescere, grow numb or stiff, inceptive of torpere, be numb: see torpent.] Becoming torpent; growing torpid or benumbed. [Rare.] Of gold tenacious, their torpescent soul Clenches their coin, and what electral fire Shall solve the frosty gripe, and bid it flow? Shenstone, Economy, i. IMG:content-0624.jpg:[graphic]