cresc-, -cret, -crease
(Latin: to increase, to grow)
The words in this cresc- unit are closely related to the creat- unit.
increaser
increasingly
increment
recruit
Whenever a recruit joins a military branch it results in an increase of military services.
recruiter
wane, waning, waned
1. Lose size; become smaller gradually.
2. Decline in power, influence, or importance.
3. Decline in strength or intensity.
4. Draw to a close.
5. On the wane, growing less; waning.
Although wane is from Old English and Old Frisian and not from Latin nor Greek, it is included here because it is considered a synonym of decrease and is used quite often in English.
wax, waxing, waxed, waxen
1. To grow bigger or greater; to increase.
2. To become.
Although this wax is from Old English and Old Frisian and not from Latin nor Greek, it is included here because it is considered a synonym of increase and has special applications in Modern English.
This wax should not be confused with another wax which means "a yellowish substance made by bees for constructing their honeycombs". Most of the wax used for candles, for keeping air from jelly, etc., is really paraffin. Sealing wax, shoemaker's wax, floor and furniture waxes, ear wax, etc. are other well known waxes; however, they have nothing to do with the wax, waxing, waxed, and waxen presented in this head-word section.
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