What is to return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. The hours of life ebb fast. Blackmore called?
ebb — To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. The hours of life ebb fast. Blackmore. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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