Definition of decrease

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Decrease (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength..

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Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Decrease :: Decrease (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength..
Decretion :: Decretion (n.) A decrease.
Disencrese :: Disencrese (v. i.) To decrease.
Decreaseless :: Decreaseless (a.) Suffering no decrease.
Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Maximum :: Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum..
Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.
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..
Decrease :: Decrease (v.) The wane of the moon.
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..
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..
Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient..
Decession :: Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..
Imminution :: Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.
Wane :: Wane (v. t.) To cause to decrease.
Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..
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