2. Verb. (third-person singular of encrease) ¹
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Definition of Encreases
1. encrease [v] - See also: encrease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encreases
Literary usage of Encreases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"The plague encreases mightily, I this day seeing a house, at a, bitt-maker's,
over against St. Clement's Church, in the open street, shut up; which is a sad ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The duke of Burgundy is said to command in Provence, which daily encreases, and
the duke of Berry and count ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"The plague encreases in many places, and is 53 this week with us. 13th. (Lord's
day.) To Westminster, and into St. Mar- gett's1 Church, where I heard a ..."
4. An Historical Survey of the Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, with a View to by Gould Francis Leckie (1808)
"might supply Bengal with gold and silver, as the *yant ot circulating coin
encreases daily through the vast drain of cash from that country, ..."
5. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6. And a by John Evelyn (1871)
"... it euery day encreases, thro' the fauor and benevolence of sundry Benefactors,
whose names are gratefully recorded. If any thing occur to you of Curious ..."
6. Second Part of Thoughts on the Elements of Civil Government (1838)
"... preserving to the state sufficient "force or power" for its safe and efficient
working—encreases—and government finally becomes impracticable. ..."
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