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INCRESCENT

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in⋅cres⋅cent

  [in-kres-uhnt]
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–adjective
increasing or waxing, as the moon.
Origin:
1565–75; < L incrēscent- (s. of incrēscēns prp. of incrēscere to grow), equiv. to in- in- 2 + crēsc- grow + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
in⋅cres⋅cence, noun
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in·cres·cent   (ĭn-krěs'ənt)   
adj.  Showing a progressively larger lighted surface; waxing: the increscent moon.

[Latin incrēscēns, incrēscent-, present participle of incrēscere, to increase; see increase.]
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