decrew

English

Etymology

From Middle French decreu, past participle of decreistre (“to decrease”). Compare accrue.

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, “Book IV, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     But toward th'end Sir Arthegall renewed / His strength still more, but she still more decrewed.

Anagrams

• crewed