"encresen" meaning in Middle English

See encresen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈkrɛːsən/, /ɛnˈkrɛsən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, encrestre, from Latin incrēscō, incrēscere; equivalent to en- + cresen. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|encreistre}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, {{der|enm|la|incresco|incrēscō, incrēscere}} Latin incrēscō, incrēscere, {{af|enm|en-|cresen}} en- + cresen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} encresen, {{enm-verb|stem=encres}} encresen (third-person singular simple present encreseth, present participle encresende, encresynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle encresed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|cres|pf=en}} Forms: encreseth [present, singular, third-person], encresende [participle, present], encresynge [participle, present], encresed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], encresen [infinitive], to encresen [infinitive], encrese [infinitive], encrese [first-person, present, singular], encresed [first-person, past, singular], encresede [first-person, past, singular], encresest [present, second-person, singular], encresedest [past, second-person, singular], encreseth [present, singular, third-person], encresed [past, singular, third-person], encresede [past, singular, third-person], encrese [present, singular, subjunctive], encresed [past, singular, subjunctive], encresede [past, singular, subjunctive], encrese [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], encresen [plural, present], encrese [plural, present], encreseden [past, plural], encresed [past, plural], encresede [past, plural], encreseth [imperative, plural, present], encrese [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], encresynge [participle, present], encresende [participle, present], encresed [participle, past], encrece [alternative], encreese [alternative], encreesse [alternative], encres [alternative], encrese [alternative], encresse [alternative], encressen [alternative], increce [alternative, Late-Middle-English], encresyn [alternative], increse [alternative], encresin [alternative, East-Anglia], encressy [alternative, Kent]
  1. To grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude.
    Sense id: en-encresen-enm-verb-6tt9J2qB Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with en-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with en-: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 40 37
  2. To cause to grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude.
    Sense id: en-encresen-enm-verb-kAPLUEqX Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with en-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with en-: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 40 37
  3. To multiply; to grow or cause to grow in number.
    Sense id: en-encresen-enm-verb-FFnRbRIC Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with en-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with en-: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 40 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: encres, encresynge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "increase"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "increase"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "encreistre"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "incresco",
        "4": "incrēscō, incrēscere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin incrēscō, incrēscere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "en-",
        "3": "cresen"
      },
      "expansion": "en- + cresen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, encrestre, from Latin incrēscō, incrēscere; equivalent to en- + cresen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrece",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreese",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreesse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encres",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encressen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "increce",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "increse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encressy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "encresen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "encres"
      },
      "expansion": "encresen (third-person singular simple present encreseth, present participle encresende, encresynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle encresed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cres",
        "pf": "en"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "encres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "encresynge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms prefixed with en-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 40 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude."
      ],
      "id": "en-encresen-enm-verb-6tt9J2qB",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms prefixed with en-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 40 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude."
      ],
      "id": "en-encresen-enm-verb-kAPLUEqX",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 28 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms prefixed with en-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 40 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To multiply; to grow or cause to grow in number."
      ],
      "id": "en-encresen-enm-verb-FFnRbRIC",
      "links": [
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈkrɛːsən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈkrɛsən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encresen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms prefixed with en-",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "increase"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "increase"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "encreistre"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "incresco",
        "4": "incrēscō, incrēscere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin incrēscō, incrēscere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "en-",
        "3": "cresen"
      },
      "expansion": "en- + cresen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, encrestre, from Latin incrēscō, incrēscere; equivalent to en- + cresen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrece",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreese",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encreesse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encres",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encrese",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encressen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "increce",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "increse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encresin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encressy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "encresen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "encres"
      },
      "expansion": "encresen (third-person singular simple present encreseth, present participle encresende, encresynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle encresed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cres",
        "pf": "en"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "encres"
    },
    {
      "word": "encresynge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "magnitude",
          "magnitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To multiply; to grow or cause to grow in number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈkrɛːsən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈkrɛsən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encresen"
}

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