CRESCENT, adjective [Latin , to grow. See Grow.] Increasing; growing; as crescent horns. CRESCENT, noun 1. The increasing or new moon, which, when receding from the sun, shows a curving rim of light, terminating in points or horns. It is applied to the old or decreasing moon, in a like state, but less properly. 2. The figure or likeness of the new moon; as that borne in the Turkish flag or national standard. The standard itself, and figuratively, the Turkish power. 3. In heraldry, a bearing in the form of a half moon. 4. The name of a military order, instituted by Renatus of Anjou, king of Sicily; so called from its symbol or badge, a crescent of gold enameled. CRESCENT, verb transitive To form into a crescent
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