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decrewing

decrewing is the present participle and gerund of decrew.

Meaning of decrew

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

Questions about decrewing

What is decrewing the present participle and gerund of?
Decrewing is the present participle and gerund of decrew.

Words near decrewing in the dictionary

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

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