accrease

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To increase.

Noun

accrease (plural accreases)

1. (obsolete) An increase.
   • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.70:

     For then we shall have worke sufficient, without any more accrease.