encrease

plural encreases

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of increase.

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

   1732, Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, The History of England

present singular third person encreases · participle present encreasing · participle past encreased · past encreased

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of increase.

   I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born vvill vveigh 12 pounds, and in a ſolar Year if tollerably nurſed encreaſeth to 28 Pound.

   1729, [Jonathan Swift], A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, Dublin: […] S[arah] Harding, […], →OCLC, page 7

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   […] 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.

   1651, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Parthenissa

   I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […]

   1887, Sir William Hedges, Sir Henry Yule, The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.