v. i.
He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.
The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually;
That might decrease their present store. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v. ]
adj. made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
a. Suffering no decrease. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It [ the river ] flows and flows, and yet will flow,
Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]