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crescents

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Main Entry:
1cres·cent 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1crescent
Pronunciation:
\ˈkre-sənt\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English cressant, from Anglo-French, from present participle of crestre to grow, increase, from Latin crescere; akin to Old High German hirsi millet, Lithuanian šerti to feed, Greek koros boy
Date:
15th century
1 a: the moon at any stage between new moon and first quarter and between last quarter and the succeeding new moon when less than half of the illuminated hemisphere is visible b: the figure of the moon at such a stage defined by a convex and a concave edge2: something shaped like a crescent
cres·cen·tic 
          Listen to the pronunciation of crescentic \kre-ˈsen-tik, krə-\ adjective


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