Encrease

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Obsolete spelling of increase. alt-of, obsolete
"All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands"

Verb

1
Obsolete spelling of increase. alt-of, obsolete
"[…] the coldness of her lover, the loss of her reputation, all contributed to make her miserable, and to encrease the frenzical disposition of her mind."

Synonyms

addition enlargement gain gain increment increment

Example

"All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands"

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