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This semihistorical and crepuscular
period.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. (Zoöl.) Flying in the
twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and
insects.

Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and
owls, and are called crepuscular.

Whewell.

Cre*pus"cu*line (-l&ibreve;n), a.
Crepuscular. [Obs.] Sprat.

Cres"cence (kr&ebreve;s"sens),
n. [See Crescent.] Increase;
enlargement. [Obs.]

And toward the moon's attractive crescence
bend.

H. Brooke.

Cres*cen"do (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?),
a. & adv. [It., from crescere to
increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.) With a
constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing
strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance
of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the
score.

Cres*cen"do, n.


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