Cres″cent (krĕs″sent), a. 1. Shaped like a crescent.
Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
Milton.
2. Increasing; growing.
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
Tennyson.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.