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Definition of: senile
(sē′nīl, -nil) adjective
1. Pertaining to, proceeding from, or characteristic of old age.
2. Infirm; weak; doting.
3. Geog. Almost worn away to base level: a senile continent. [<L senilis <senex old]
—se′nile·ly adverb
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