reincrease

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ increase.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːɪŋˈkɹiːs/

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, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
      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.
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