encresen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === encrece, encreese, encreesse, encres, encrese, encresse, encressen increce (Late Middle English); encresyn, increse (Promptorium Parvulorum) encresin (East Anglia); encressy (Kent) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, encrestre, from Latin incrēscō, incrēscere; equivalent to en- +‎ cresen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnˈkrɛːsən/, /ɛnˈkrɛsən/ === Verb === encresen (third-person singular simple present encreseth, present participle encresende, encresynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle encresed) To grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude. To cause to grow or increase in size, power, or magnitude. To multiply; to grow or cause to grow in number. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== encres encresynge ==== Descendants ==== English: increase Scots: increase ==== References ==== “encrēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.