Meanings
noun
- obsoleteincrease; enlargement or growth
And toward the moon's attractive creſcence bend.
1735, Henry Brooke, Universal Beauty1 more example
There are found to be many superfluous Crescences.
1660, unknown, transl., Paracelsus' Archidoxis
Origin
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APA
crescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescence
MLA
“crescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescence.
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