Waned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won,
     deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity,
     OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr
     lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting,
     inferior. ????. Cf. {Want} lack, and {Wanton}.]


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     1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax},
        and especially applied to the illuminated part of the
        moon.
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              Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
              Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison.
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     2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
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              You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden.
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              Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
                                                    --Sir J.
                                                    Child.
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