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Webster 1913 Edition


Crepuscule

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Cre-pus′cle

(krē̍-pŭs′s’l)
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Cre-pus′cule

(krē̍-pŭs′kū̍l)
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Noun.
[L.
crepusculum
, fr.
creper
dusky, dark: cf. F.
crépuscule
.]
Twilight.
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crepuscule

CREPUSCLE

, CREPUSCULE,
Noun.
[L., a little burst or break of light, or broken light.] Twilight; the light of the morning from the first dawn to sunrise, and of the evening from sunset to darkness. It is occasioned by the refraction of the suns ray.