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Definition of Encrease
1. v. t. & i. [Obs.] See Increase.
Definition of Encrease
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of increase) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete spelling of increase) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encrease
1. increase [v ENCREASED, ENCREASING, ENCREASES] - See also: increase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encrease
Literary usage of Encrease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"His tract, entitled ' Discourses on Trade, principally directed to the cases of
Interest, Coinage, Clipping, and encrease of Money,. published in 1691, ..."
2. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... wisheth encrease of damnation and malediction eternal, per Jesum Christum Do-
minum Nostrum. ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... nevertheless for tlie perfect déclaration of the and of Grace and encrease of
Vertue .... encrease ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1848)
"Into a good way, fallen on minding my business and saving money, which God encrease;
... encrease ..."
5. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"And doe avouch the sale & posses" of the sd heifer & her encrease, agst all
claimes in Law. ... encrease ..."
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