increst

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verb

To adorn with a crest.

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Meanings

verbincrest (third-person singular simple present incrests, present participle incresting, simple past and past participle incrested)

present singular third person incrests · participle present incresting · participle past incrested · past incrested

  1. transitiveTo adorn with a crest.

    Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast, Which did their tops with coral red increst

    1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, “Song XIII”, in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains

Origin

From in- + crest.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cistern
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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