3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Waning  \Wan"ing\,  n. 
  The  act  or  process  of  waning,  or  decreasing. 
 
  This  earthly  moon,  the  Church,  hath  fulls  and  wanings, 
  and  sometimes  her  eclipses.  --Bp.  Hall. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  waning 
  adj  :  (of  the  moon)  "after  full  moon  comes  the  waning  moon"  [ant: 
  {waxing}] 
  n  :  a  gradual  decrease  in  magnitude  or  extent;  "the  waning  of 
  his  enthusiasm  was  obvious";  "the  waxing  and  waning  of 
  the  moon" 

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