encrease

English

Noun

encrease (plural encreases)

  1. Obsolete spelling of increase

Verb

encrease (third-person singular simple present encreases, present participle encreasing, simple past and past participle encreased)

  1. Obsolete spelling of increase
    • John Orrery
      […] 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.

References
  • encrease in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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