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crescence

crescence noun: increase; enlargement or growth.

Noun

crescence

  1. (obsolete) increase; enlargement or growth
    • And toward the moon's attractive creſcence bend.1735, Henry Brooke, Universal Beauty
    • There are found to be many superfluous Crescences.1660, unknown, transl., Paracelsus' Archidoxis

Origin of crescence

See crescent.

Questions about crescence

What does crescence mean?
Crescence means increase; enlargement or growth.
What part of speech is crescence?
Crescence is a noun.

Words near crescence in the dictionary

  1. Cres
  2. cres.
  3. Cresap
  4. Cresaps
  5. cresc
  6. crescence
  7. crescendi
  8. crescendo
  9. crescendoed
  10. crescendoes
  11. crescendoing

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