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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan[?]n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. [?] bereaved, Skr. [?]na wanting, inferior. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {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. | |
