reincrease

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ increase.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪŋˈkɹiːs/

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Verb

reincrease (third-person singular simple present reincreases, present participle reincreasing, simple past and past participle reincreased)

1. (transitive) To increase again. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Tho when they did perceave
     Their wounds recur'd, and forces reincreast,
     Of that good Hermite both they tooke their leave […]

Noun

reincrease (plural reincreases)

1. A second or subsequent increase.