decurrence

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkʌɹəns/, /dɪˈkʊɹəns/

Noun

decurrence (uncountable)

  1. The act of running down; a lapse.
    • 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes:
      [] never to far off in the decurrence of time from the fountain

References

decurrence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.