decurrence

decurrence

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913