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, v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Wane, n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye

of a spectator.

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