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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: crescent (0.01336 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to crescent.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: crescent sabit
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: crescent bulan muda
English → English (WordNet) Definition: crescent crescent adj : resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate] crescent n : any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
English → English (gcide) Definition: Crescent Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[e^]s"sent), a. 1. Shaped like a crescent. [1913 Webster] Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Increasing; growing. [1913 Webster] O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[e^]s"sent), n. [OE. cressent, cressaunt, crescent (in sense 1), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant, p. pr. of cro[^i]tre, OF. creistre, fr. L. crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See Create, and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo.] 1. The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon. [1913 Webster] 3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge; as: (a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople. [1913 Webster] The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. --Campbell. [1913 Webster] 4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Ren['e] of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster] 5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants. [1913 Webster] Crescent \Cres"cent\, v. t. 1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] --Anna Seward. [1913 Webster] 2. To adorn with crescents. [1913 Webster]

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