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crescented, ppl. a.|ˈkrɛsəntɪd| [f. crescent n. + -ed.] 1. Formed as a crescent or new moon.
1818Keats Endym. iv. 432 'Tis Dian's: lo! She rises crescented. 1835Willis Pencillings I. iii. 25 The crescented shore of this lovely bay. 1876G. F. Chambers Astron. i. iv. 60 Becoming more and more crescented, it approaches the inferior conjunction. 2. Ornamented, or charged, with crescents.
1818Todd Dict. s.v. Crescent v., The old heraldick adjective crescented, i.e. having a crescent. 3. Adorned with the crescent moon. nonce-use.
c1825Beddoes Apotheosis Poems 98 Crescented night, and amethystine stars, And day, thou god and glory of the heavens, Flow on for ever! |