wanedadj.
/weɪnd/, U.S. /weɪnd/ That has waned; diminished, decreased.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased
diminutec1475
suppeditate?1526
lessened1565
minished1590
declined1591
reduced1591
bated1600
contracted1603
waneda1616
mute1627
shrivelleda1631
refracted1635
imminutea1681
retrenched1693
lowered1730
diminished1745
subdued1785
dwindled1796
depressed1831
shrunken1873
downrated1958
whittled-down1961
pared-down1974
slim-down1978
slimmed-down1978
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 4 Once more I shall enterchange My wained state, for Henries Regall Crowne. View more context for this quotation
1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls ii. 35 Ten times the Moon her waned light did gather.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 75 Not so proud Was I of all that marshalled crowd, Though the waned crescent owned my might.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow Introd. p. xxii Like an aged mourner.., who is watching the wained moon and sorroweth not.
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 76 When our love-sick queen did weep Over his waned corse.
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