Meaning of crescent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. increasing, growing
2. marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
   dated, not-comparable, rare
3. crescent, of a waxing moon
4. Shaped like a crescent.
   not-comparable

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Examples

“For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […]”

For a human being's vital functions, increasing, do not grow alone / In physical development and bulk, but as this "temple" [i.e., the body] waxes, / The inward operation of the mind and soul / Grows wide with them.

“O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.”

“crescent problems which have to be faced by a large part of humanity”

“Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.”

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