Category:Wane

Wane, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waned; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning.] Etym: [oe. Wanien, as. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin To d. wan-, g. wahnsinn, insanity, ohg. wan, wana-, lacking, wan to Lessen, icel. vanr lacking, goth. vans; cf. Gr. wanting, inferior. Want lack, and wanton.]

1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and Especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled Periods keep. Addison.

2. To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Sir j. Child.

Wane Wane, v. t.

Defn: to cause to decrease. [obs.] B. Jonson.

Wane Wane, n.

1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a Spectator.

2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. An age in which the church is in its wane. South. Though the year be on the wane. Keble.

3. An inequality in a board. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.