encreaseth

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encreaseth

  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of encrease
    • 1729, [Jonathan Swift], A Modest Proposal [], third edition, Dublin: Weaver Bickerton, published 1730, page 11:
      I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born will weigh twelve Pounds, and, in a ſolar Year, if tolerably nurſed, encreaſeth to Twenty-eight Pounds.