accresce

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English

Etymology

From Latin accrescere. Doublet of accrease. See accrue.

Verb

accresce (third-person singular simple present accresces, present participle accrescing, simple past and past participle accresced)

  1. (rare, intransitive) To accrue.
  2. (Early Modern, obsolete, intransitive) To increase; to grow.

References

Italian

Verb

accresce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of accrescere

Latin

Verb

accrēsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of accrēscō