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Definition of Declining
1. decline [v] - See also: decline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declining
Literary usage of Declining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: How to Know Him by William Peterfield Trent (1916)
"English Commerce Not Declining ,2* "We have loud complaints among us of the decay
of our trade, the declining of our manufactures, and especially of our ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"... SEASON'S FOE Declining THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1758. [A paper in the MS.
collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"... Gaveston was handed over to them and beheaded by them on Blacklow Hill, outside
Warwick's fief (19 June 1312), the earl himself declining ..."
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