decresco — meaning in English

English meaning

• diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
• wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

decresco is used for these senses in English:

• diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• wane A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

diminish — full definition

1. verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
2. verb To become smaller or less in amount or intensity.

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."

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