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decrew

decrew verb: to decrease, wane.

Verb

decrew (third-person singular simple present decrews, present participle decrewing, simple past and past participle decrewed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To decrease, wane.
    • But toward th'end Sir Arthegall renewed / His strength still more, but she still more decrewed.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of decrew

third-person singular presentdecrews
present participledecrewing
past participledecrewed
pastdecrewed

Origin of decrew

From Middle French decreu, past participle of decreistre (“to decrease”). Compare accrue.

Questions about decrew

What does decrew mean?
Decrew means to decrease, wane.
What part of speech is decrew?
Decrew is a verb.
What is the past tense of decrew?
The past tense of decrew is decrewed.

Words near decrew in the dictionary

  1. Decreto
  2. decretorial
  3. decretorily
  4. decretory
  5. Decreus
  6. decrew
  7. decrewed
  8. decrewing
  9. decrews
  10. decriable
  11. decrial

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