Found 3 items, similar to waning.
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Definition: wan
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: waning
waning
adj : (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the
visible surface of the moon decreases;
“after full moon
comes the waning moon” [ant:
waxing]
n : a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent;
“the waning of
his enthusiasm was obvious”;
“the waxing and waning of
the moon” [ant:
waxing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Waning
Waning
\Wan"ing\, n.
The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
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This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings,
and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall.
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Wane
\Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Waned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waning.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won,
deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity,
OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr
lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting,
inferior. ????. Cf.
Want lack, and
Wanton.]
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1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with
wax,
and especially applied to the illuminated part of the
moon.
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Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison.
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2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
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You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden.
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Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
--Sir J.
Child.
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