Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēcaien v.
Entry Info
Forms | dēcaien v. |
Etymology | AF decäir; cp. CF dechëoir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To decrease, diminish.
Associated quotations
- (1475) RParl.6.138b : The grete profittes that was wont to growe by the entercourse of Marchaundises..is utterly decayd and brought at nought.
- ?a1500 Primum nomen (Hrl 7526)p.271 : The daye passyth, goodes wastithe, reintes dekeith allesoo.