Definition of decrease

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Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..

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Disencrese :: Disencrese (v. i.) To decrease.
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose..
Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..
Decrease :: Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..
Decreased :: Decreased (imp. & p. p.) of Decreas.
Variable :: Variable (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..
Decrew :: Decrew (v. i.) To decrease.
Decession :: Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..
Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Wane :: Wane (v. t.) To cause to decrease.
Cirrhosis :: Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Decimal :: Decimal (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage..
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..
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