encres

== French == === Noun === encres f plural of encre === Anagrams === cernes, cernés == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === A back-formation from encresen. ==== Alternative forms ==== encrece, encrees, encrese, encress, encresse, increce, increse ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛnˈkrɛːs/, /ɛnˈkrɛs/ ==== Noun ==== encres (uncountable) An increase (usually in power, wealth, or magnitude). Multiplication or spread of a population. That gained; benefit, profit. The amount that a quantity is increased by; addition. ===== Descendants ===== English: increase (obsolete encrease) ===== References ===== “encrēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== encres alternative form of encresen