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Webster 1913 Edition


Decrew

De-crew′

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
décrue
,
n.
, decrease, and
décru
, p. p. of
décroître
. See
Decrease
, and cf.
Accrue
.]
To decrease.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decrew

DECREW

,
Verb.
I.
To decrease.

Definition 2024


decrew

decrew

English

Verb

decrew (third-person singular simple present decrews, present participle decrewing, simple past and past participle decrewed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To decrease, wane.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.6:
      But toward th'end Sir Arthegall renewed / His strength still more, but she still more decrewed.