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AccresceAccresce Ac*cresce", v. i. [L. accrescere. See Accrue.]
1. To accrue. [R.]
2. To increase; to grow. [Obs.] --Gillespie. Accrescence
Accrescence Ac*cres"cence, n. [LL. accrescentia.]
Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]
The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched
depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.
--Coleridge.
AccrescentAccrescent Ac*cres"cent, a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of
accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]
1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford.
2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray. Bicrescentic
Bicrescentic Bi`cres*cen"tic, a. [Pref. bi- + crescent.]
Having the form of a double crescent.
Concrescence
Concrescence Con*cres"cence, n. [L. concrescentia.]
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of
particles. [R.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
CrescendoCrescendo Cres*cen"do (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. &
adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.)
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. Crescendo
Crescendo Cres*cen"do, n. (Mus.)
(a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone
with which a passage is performed.
(b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing
volume of tone.
Crescent
Crescent Cres"cent, v. t.
1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a
crescent. [R.] --Anna Seward.
2. To adorn with crescents.
Crescent
Crescent Cres"cent (kr[e^]s"sent), a.
1. Shaped like a crescent.
Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
--Milton.
2. Increasing; growing.
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not
set. --Tennyson.
Crescentia CujeteGourd tree Gourd" tree" (Bot.)
A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the
West Indies and Central America. Crescentic
Crescentic Cres*cen"tic (kr[e^]s*s[e^]n"t[i^]k), a.
Crescent-shaped. ``Crescentic lobes.' --R. Owen.
Crescentwise
Crescentwise Cres"cent*wise` (kr[e^]s"sent*w[imac]z`), adv.
In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. --Tennyson.
Decrescendo
Decrescendo De`cres*cen"do, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to
performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec.,
or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
DecrescentDecrescent De*cres"cent, a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of
decrescere. See Decrease.]
Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a
decrescent moon. Decrescent
Decrescent De*cres"cent, n. (Her.)
A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
--Cussans.
Equicrescent
Equicrescent E`qui*cres"cent, a. [Equi- + crescent.] (Math.)
Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.
ExcrescenceExcrescence Ex*cres"cence
. [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L.
excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere.
See Excrescent.]
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything
growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural
or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an
incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
``Excrescences of joy.' --Jer. Taylor.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison. Excrescency
Excrescency Ex*cres"cen*cy, n.
Excrescence. [Obs.]
ExcrescentExcrescent Ex*cres"cent, a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of
excrescere to grow out; ex out + crescere to grow. See
Crescent.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter. Excrescent letterExcrescent Ex*cres"cent, a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of
excrescere to grow out; ex out + crescere to grow. See
Crescent.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter. Excrescential
Excrescential Ex`cres*cen"tiala.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.]
--Hawthorne.
IncrescentIncrescent In*cres"cent, a. [L. increscens, -entis, p. pr. of
increscere. See Increase.]
1. Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Between the incresent and decrescent moon.
--Tennyson.
2. (Her.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon
represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward
the dexter side. pearl crescentTharos Tha"ros, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the
upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black,
the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called
also pearl crescent. SupercrescenceSupercrescence Su`per*cres"cence, n. [See Supercrescent.]
That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne. Supercrescent
Supercrescent Su`per*cres"cent, a. [L. supercrescens, p. pr.
of supercrescere; super above + crescere to grow.]
Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] --Johnson.
Superexcrescence
Superexcrescence Su`per*ex*cres"cence, n.
Something growing superfluously.
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