accrease

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verb

To increase.

OriginMiddle English acresen ← Old French acreistre ← Latin accrēscere →
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Meanings

verbaccrease (third-person singular simple present accreases, present participle accreasing, simple past and past participle accreased)

present singular third person accreases · participle present accreasing · participle past accreased · past accreased

  1. EarlyModernobsoleteTo increase.
nounaccrease (plural accreases)

plural accreases

  1. EarlyModernobsoleteAn 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

Origin

  1. Latinaccrēscere
  2. Old Frenchacreistre
  3. Middle Englishacresen
  4. Englishaccrease

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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APA

accrease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accrease

MLA

“accrease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accrease. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accrease,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accrease.

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