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ĭn-ăcesco (also inăcisco ), ăcŭi , 3,
I.v. inch. n., to become sour in any thing, to turn sour (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “lac,” Plin. 28, 9, 36, § 135: “quibus frequenter inacescit cibus,” Scrib. Comp. 104. —
II. Trop.: haec tibi per totos inacescant omnia sensus, let them sour. i. e. imbitter you, Ov. R. A. 307; cf.: “si tibi inacuit nostra contumelia,” App. M. 5, p. 163, 23.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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