reincrease en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹiːɪŋˈkɹiːs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From re- + increase.
Meanings
- A second or subsequent increase.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reincreases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
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reincrease en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹiːɪŋˈkɹiːs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From re- + increase.
Meanings
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(transitive) To increase again.
Tho when they did perceave Their wounds recur'd, and forces reincreast, Of that good Hermite both they tooke their leave […]
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reincreasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reincreased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reincreased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reincreases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |