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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.
Decrescent
Decrescent 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.

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- by Louis de Freycinet after Baudin's death referred to the Island as Île Decres. A community of sealers and escaped convicts existed on Kangaroo Island...
- Fraser, Edward (1904). Famous Fighters of the Fleet. London: Macmillan. p. 136. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denis Decrès. (in French) Decrès...
- Decré, named after the large family of merchants who founded it, is the first department store in the city of Nantes. When its new building opened in...
- August 1801, frustrating Admiral Horatio Nelson himself. Admiral Denis Decrès, an able administrator but unfortunately more of a courtier than a naval...
- was never built. In February 2018, Decres Bay was named as a site for a prospective new "stand-alone" port. "Decres Bay camping area, Ceduna - Explore...
- a steady fire to which Decrès could respond with only his stern-chasers, light cannon situated in the stern of the ship. Decrès recognised that if he stopped...
- restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland emu...
- Political offices Preceded by Denis Decrès Ministers of Marine and the Colonies 3 April 1814 – 7 September 1814 Succeeded by Jacques, comte Beugnot...
- Admiral and Minister of Marine Antoine-Jean-Marie Thevenard, and Decres Bay after Denis Decres, duke of the First French Empire. The first European exploration...
- 1801 Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait 3 October 1801 18 May 1804 Denis Decrès Secretary of State 25 December 1799 18 May 1804 Hugues-Bernard Maret Treasury...