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Answer for the clue "The process of growing into a youth ", 12 letters:
juvenescence

Word definitions for juvenescence in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of growing into a youth

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of becoming young or juvenile.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Juvenescence \Ju`ve*nes"cence\, n. A growing young.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1800; see juvenescent + -ence .

Usage examples of juvenescence.

Shambettirantil, other than to take the beauty-waters and bathe in the shining beauty-mud and, yes, I suppose, have spells of juvenescence said over her day and night.

Jack paused as he reached the final row of uprights, sensing as if Speedy Parker's illusory juvenescence were the key to them that the Daydreams were somehow very near, hovering all about him.