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Waning
Definitions
- 1 Becoming weaker or smaller. not-comparable
"my patience is waning"
- 2 Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth. not-comparable
"the waning moon"
- 1 (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases wordnet
- 1 The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
"the waning of her energy"
- 2 a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent wordnet
- 3 The fact or act of becoming smaller.
"17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B. This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses."
- 1 present participle and gerund of wane form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.
From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.
From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.
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