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increscent, a. and n.|ɪnˈkrɛsənt|
Also 6–7 incressant, -ent.
[ad. L. incrēscent-em, pres. pple. of incrēscĕre to increase: see -ent. In the form incressant, a. AF. incressant = OF. encreissant pres. pple.]
A. adj. Increasing, becoming greater. Chiefly of the moon (esp. in Heraldry): Waxing, in her increment.
1658Phillips, Incressant, resembling the Moon not come to the full, a term in Heraldry. 1822Blackw. Mag. XI. 669 The first is on the wane; the third is not increscent. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xii. (1857) 260 Every object stood out clear, though cold, in the increscent light of morning. 1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 518 The good Queen..sent, Between the increscent and decrescent moon, Arms for her son.
B. n. (Chiefly Her.) The moon in her increment, represented as a crescent with the horns towards the dexter side. (Opp. to decrescent.)
1572J. Bossewell Armorie 11 An Incressante is the moone from the pryme, till after the firste quarter. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry i. iv. 45 Or, an Incressant vert. 1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2674/4 A Cross Moline between 2 Increscents and 2 Decrescents. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. §8 (ed. 3) 198 Or, on a fesse arg., three increscents of the field. |