Decrease

de-kres', v. i. [-creased (-kresf). -creasing.] To become le , 6e diminished gradually. — v. t. To cause to le en, make le . — n. A becoming le ; gradual diminution; decay; wane, as of the moon. — Declement, n. State of becoming gradually le ; quantity lost by waste, etc.— Decres'cent, -kres'ent, a. Decreasing. — Decrescendo, With decreasing da-kres-en'do, a. (Mus.) volume of sound, Deeresoenrlr written ^ecrescenao. upon — a direction the staff, to or performers, indicated as in the margin. [It.]