To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
The end of a period.
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
A child.
A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
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To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
Said of a time period that comes to an end.
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.