waxing
• (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side. • (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
In·cres'cent adjective [ Latin increscens , -entis , present participle of increscere . See Increase .] 1. Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging. « Between the incresent and decrescent moon.» Tennyson. 2. (He...
In heraldry the term increscent is applied to a depiction of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.
increasing or waxing, as the moon.