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    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}.]
    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.

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