CRESCENDOED

Verb

crescendoed

simple past tense and past participle of crescendo

Anagrams

• decrescendo

Source: Wiktionary


CRESCENDO

Cres*cen"do (krs-sn"d; It. kr-shn"d), a. & adv. Etym: [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.)

Definition: With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

Cres*cen"do, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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