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The word gracilescere could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:
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grăcĭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [gracilis], to become slender, small (post-class.): obeliscus gracilescens, Amm. 17, 4: pyramidum magnitudo gracilescit paulatim, id. 22, 15.