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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wane
  2. n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
  3. adj. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
  4. n. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  5. The act or process of waning, or decreasing. This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. Bp. Hall.
  6. The act or process of waning, or decreasing.This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimesher eclipses. Bp. Hall.
  7. j:88/n:12 n. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent a. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases