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Wane (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waning.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan&unr_;n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. &unr_; bereaved, Skr. &unr_;na wanting, inferior. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. Cf. Want lack, and Wanton.]
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1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
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Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. Addison.
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2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
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You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden.
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Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir J. Child.
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Wane, v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Wane, n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
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2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
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An age in which the church is in its wane. South.
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Though the year be on the wane. Keble.
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3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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4. (Forestry) The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.
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