accrease

verb, noun — 2 senses

accrease

verb

Etymology From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.

Early, Modern, Obsolete To increase.

accrease

noun

Etymology From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.

Early, Modern, Obsolete An increase.

For then we shal have worke sufficient, without any more accrease.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 34:

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