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plural encreases
Obsolete spelling of increase quotations examples
All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands
1732, Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, The History of England
third-person singular simple present encreases, present participle encreasing, simple past and past participle encreased
[…] the coldness of her lover, the loss of her reputation, all contributed to make her miserable, and to encrease the frenzical disposition of her mind.
1651, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Parthenissa
I saw ye Taffaties and Atlasses in ye warehouse, and gave directions concerning their severall colours and stripes, ordering Mr. Charnock to use his best endeavours to encrease their quantity; […]
1887, Sir William Hedges, Sir Henry Yule, The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.