"accresce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈkrɛs/ Forms: accresces [present, singular, third-person], accrescing [participle, present], accresced [participle, past], accresced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Latin accrescere. Doublet of accrease. See accrue. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|accrescere}} Latin accrescere, {{doublet|en|accrease}} Doublet of accrease Head templates: {{en-verb}} accresce (third-person singular simple present accresces, present participle accrescing, simple past and past participle accresced)
  1. (rare, intransitive) To accrue. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-accresce-en-verb-G4wFU8hJ
  2. (Early Modern, obsolete, intransitive) To increase; to grow. Tags: Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-accresce-en-verb-esDTRObH Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90

Inflected forms

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