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decurrence|ˈdɪˈkʌrəns|
[f. decurrent: see -ence.]
†1. The act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse (of time). Obs.
1659Gauden Tears of Church 536 The errata's which, by long decurrence of time, through many mens hands have befaln it, are easily corrected. 1677P. A. Pref. Poem in Cary's Chronol., The Course of Humane Beeing even from the Source Of it's Decurrence.
2. Bot. The condition of being decurrent (q.v.).
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 228 The decurrence of the fibres. 1883G. Allen in Nature 29 Mar. 511 There will be a strong tendency towards the long pointed ribbon-like form, and also a marked inclination towards decurrence. |