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WANING
waning
(adjective) (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; “after full moon comes the waning moon”
waning
(noun) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; “the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious”; “the waxing and waning of the moon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
waning
present participle of wane
Adjective
waning (not comparable)
Becoming weaker or smaller.
Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
Etymology 2
Noun
waning (plural wanings)
The fact or act of becoming less or less intense.
The fact or act of becoming smaller.
Anagrams
• Angwin, awning
Source: Wiktionary
Wan"ing, n.
Definition: The act or process of waning, or decreasing. This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. Bp. Hall.
WANE
Wane, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waned; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning.] Etym: [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. wanting, inferior. Want lack, and Wanton.]
1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. Addison.
2. To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child.
Wane, v. t.
Definition: To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Wane, n.
1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. An age in which the church is in its wane. South. Though the year be on the wane. Keble.
3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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