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Same as Crenature.

Same as Crenate.

See Cringle.

Minutely crenate.

A minute crenation.

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic] Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. -- n.

Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.

The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden.

-- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. -- De*cur"rent*ly, adv.

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.…

Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.

Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

With deference.

The current flowing through a delta connection.

The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]