"accrease" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: accreases [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acresen}} Middle English acresen, {{m|enm|accreesen}} accreesen, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|acreistre}} Old French acreistre, {{der|en|la|accrēscere}} Latin accrēscere, {{m|la|ad-}} ad-, {{m|la|cresco|crēscere|to grow}} crēscere (“to grow”), {{doublet|en|accresce}} Doublet of accresce Head templates: {{en-noun}} accrease (plural accreases)
  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) An increase. Tags: Early, Modern, obsolete
    Sense id: en-accrease-en-noun-BdBfBnQj Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: accreases [present, singular, third-person], accreasing [participle, present], accreased [participle, past], accreased [past]
Etymology: From Middle English acresen, accreesen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French acreistre, from Latin accrēscere, from ad- + crēscere (“to grow”). Doublet of accresce. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acresen}} Middle English acresen, {{m|enm|accreesen}} accreesen, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|acreistre}} Old French acreistre, {{der|en|la|accrēscere}} Latin accrēscere, {{m|la|ad-}} ad-, {{m|la|cresco|crēscere|to grow}} crēscere (“to grow”), {{doublet|en|accresce}} Doublet of accresce Head templates: {{en-verb}} accrease (third-person singular simple present accreases, present participle accreasing, simple past and past participle accreased)
  1. (chiefly Early Modern, obsolete) To increase. Tags: Early, Modern, obsolete
    Sense id: en-accrease-en-verb-tzEGtqfe Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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