Usually means: Increasing or growing in intensity.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. crescive: Merriam-Webster
  2. crescive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. crescive: Wordnik
  4. crescive: Wiktionary
  5. crescive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. crescive: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Crescive, crescive: Dictionary.com
  8. Crescive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. crescive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Crescive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. crescive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. crescive: FreeDictionary.org
  13. crescive: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Crescive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.

Similar:
crescent, increscent, recrudescent, acclivous, declivant, growthy, declinal, incalescent, cresslike, creased, more...

Types:
accrescent, increscent, incrassate, incrassative, more...

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Similar:
crescent, increscent, recrudescent, acclivous, declivant, growthy, declinal, incalescent, cresslike, creased, more...

Types:
accrescent, increscent, incrassate, incrassative, more...



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