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▪ I. † accrease, v. Obs. (əˈkriːs) Also 5 acrese, 6–7 accress(e, 6 accreace. [a. OFr. accreistre, accreiss-ant:—L. accrēsc-ĕre, f. ac- = ad- to + crēsc-ĕre to grow. See also accresce, later, f. L. In sense 2, probably for earlier encrese, increase; see a- prefix 10.] † 1. intr. To increase or grow b...
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accresce
accresce, v. (əˈkrɛs) Also 7 accress. [ad. L. accrēsc-ĕre to grow to, grow on, f. ac- = ad- to + crēscĕre to grow. Substituted for, or refashioned on, earlier accrease from Fr., the form accress being intermediate.] 1. To accrue. Obs. exc. as rendering accrēscere in Rom. law; see accretion 8 b.1634–...
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accrue
▪ I. † accrue, n. Obs. (əˈkruː) Also 6–7 accrewe. [a. Fr. accrue, OFr. acreue, acrewe growth, increase, orig. pa. pple. of ac-croître, OFr. acreistre:—L. accrēscĕre: see accrease.] 1. Accession, reinforcement. (Cf. crew.)1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 1135/1 The towne of Calis and the forts thereabou...
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crease
▪ I. † crease, n.1 Obs. Also 5 crese, cres. [f. crease v.] = increase n.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 101 Crese, or increse..excrescencia. 1530 Palsgr. 210/2 Crease, encrease, reuenues, augmentation. 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 19 The more it comes vnto the crease of yeres, The more it faylth. 1575 Art ...
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