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)

(chiefly Early Modern, obsolete) To increase.

Noun

accrease (plural accreases)

(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.

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