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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

increscens

-entis

, p. pr. of

increscere

. See

Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

Between the

incresent

and decrescent moon.

Tennyson.

(Her.)

Increasing; on the increase; – said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.

Adj.

[L. increscens. See Increase.]growing; augmenting; swelling.