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decrescere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

decrescere is used for these senses in English:

  • wane (intransitive, astronomy) For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

wane — full definition

  1. verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  2. verb Of the moon, to appear to shrink night by night after the full moon.
  3. noun The phase of decline, especially as in the expression "on the wane."