increscent

[ in-kres-uh nt ]

/ ɪnˈkrɛs ənt /

increasing or waxing, as the moon.

Origin of increscent

1565–75; < Latin incrēscent- (stem of incrēscēns present participle of incrēscere to grow), equivalent to in- in-² + crēsc- grow + -ent- -ent

in·cres·cence, noun

Increscent, in-kres′ent, adj. increasing, growing (of the moon).

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increscent

/ (ɪnˈkrɛsənt) /

(esp of the moon) increasing in size; waxing

C16: from Latin incrēscēns