accrease

English

Etymology

From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce.

Verb

accrease (third-person singular simple present accreases, present participle accreasing, simple past and past participle accreased)

1. (chiefly Early Modern, obsolete) To increase.

Noun

accrease (plural accreases)

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) An increase.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 34:

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