Accrease

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An increase. Early, Modern, obsolete

    "For then we shal have worke sufficient, without any more accrease."

Verb
  1. 1
    To increase. Early, Modern, obsolete

Synonyms

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increase

Example

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"For then we shal have worke sufficient, without any more accrease."

Etymology

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

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