Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of encrease
His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by encreasing.
1590, George Peele, His golden locks time hath to silver turned
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encreasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encreasing
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“encreasing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encreasing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encreasing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encreasing.
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