Meanings
- not comparableThat exists without having been created.
Bright effluence of bright essence increate
1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLCSynonyms: increated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat exists without having been created.
Origin
- Medieval Latinincreātus
- Middle Englishincreat(e)
- Englishincreate
First attested in 1412, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English increat(e), borrowed from Medieval Latin increātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also in- (“not”), and create.
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increate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/increate
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