† crescencen.
Obsolete.
Growth, increase.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasingc1340
increasec1374
echinga1382
creasing1398
augmentinga1400
alarginga1425
moringa1425
augmentc1425
incrementc1425
creasec1440
increasement1509
enlarginga1513
enlargement1564
amplification1569
accession1570
usury1576
enhancement1577
growth1587
creasement1592
accrease1598
crescence1602
improvement1607
excrement1608
majoration1626
heightening1629
auction1692
turgescence1806
outgrowth1837
steepening1868
prolating1919
upgrading1920
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 60 In their cressence in the wombe, there is but one operation of nature.
1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 129 There are found to be many superfluous Crescences.
1736 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iii. 322 And towards the morn's attractive crescence bend.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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