Antonyms for wanes

Grammar : Verb

Spell : weyn

Phonetic Transcription : weɪn

Definition of wanes

Origin : Old English wanian "make or become smaller gradually," from Proto-Germanic *wanojanan (cf. Old Saxon wanon, Old Norse vana, Old Frisian wania, Middle Dutch waenen, Old High German wanon "to wane, to grow less"), from *wano- "lacking," from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). Related: Waned; waning; wanes.

verb diminish, lessen

Example sentences :

It is very small now, but it is always steady; it never flickers or wanes.
Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

It wanes fairly quickly—and perhaps can never be fully revived.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

It is only real success that wanes, it is only solid things that melt.
Extract from : « The Real Thing and Other Tales » by Henry James

Every month as it wanes brings you nearer to something dreadful.
Extract from : « The Picture of Dorian Gray » by Oscar Wilde

Away it flew, but every year it comes as winter wanes, the Bluebird of the spring.
Extract from : « Woodland Tales » by Ernest Seton-Thompson

As the moon waxes, the power of the current wanes, and vice versa.
Extract from : « Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration » by Ernest Giles

And now this sea-child is in its dotage, and it too dwindles and wanes century by century.
Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham

By the time it wanes I shall be gone, and my departure will pain her but very slightly.'
Extract from : « A Devotee » by Mary Cholmondeley

But the night wanes apace; to-morrow we must rise with the lark.
Extract from : « Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by George Daniel

The music softens, wanes, and the dreams seem to die away too.
Extract from : « Uncle Max » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Synonyms for wanes

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