† recreasev.

Forms: 1500s recrease, 1500s recrese; Scottish pre-1700 recrease, pre-1700 recres.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, decrease v., increase v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + -crease (in either decrease v. or increase v.), after either classical Latin recrēscere to grow again ( < re- re- prefix + crēscere to grow: see crescent adj.) or Middle French recroistre (French recroître) to grow again, increase (12th cent. in Old French; also transitive in Middle French, to increase (something); compare Anglo-Norman recrestre, rescrestre). Compare Old Occitan recreiser, Catalan recréixer (1490), Spanish recrecer (13th cent.), Portuguese recrescer (1275 as recrecer), Italian ricrescere (a1320).

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To grow or increase again.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > again

recrease1521

reincrease1555

reswella1796

1521 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 85 Sithe the writeyng of my laste letters sent un to your Grace, here be no newis recresid.

1522 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 97 Sithe the departeynge of my Lord Admyralle..here hathe no new bessynessis nor trobilles recreasid.

1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 232 Which [wounds] by the dyffyculte and length of the way recreased and waxed worsse dayly.

a1627 W. Fowler tr. Petrarch Triumphs in Wks. (1914) I. 80 All the cairis and fashereis that dois with age recrease.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	recrease
释义	† recreasev. Forms: 1500s recrease, 1500s recrese; Scottish pre-1700 recrease, pre-1700 recres. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, decrease v., increase v. Etymology: < re- prefix + -crease (in either decrease v. or increase v.), after either classical Latin recrēscere to grow again ( < re- re- prefix + crēscere to grow: see crescent adj.) or Middle French recroistre (French recroître) to grow again, increase (12th cent. in Old French; also transitive in Middle French, to increase (something); compare Anglo-Norman recrestre, rescrestre). Compare Old Occitan recreiser, Catalan recréixer (1490), Spanish recrecer (13th cent.), Portuguese recrescer (1275 as recrecer), Italian ricrescere (a1320). Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To grow or increase again. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > again recrease1521 reincrease1555 reswella1796 1521 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 85 Sithe the writeyng of my laste letters sent un to your Grace, here be no newis recresid. 1522 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 97 Sithe the departeynge of my Lord Admyralle..here hathe no new bessynessis nor trobilles recreasid. 1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 232 Which [wounds] by the dyffyculte and length of the way recreased and waxed worsse dayly. a1627 W. Fowler tr. Petrarch Triumphs in Wks. (1914) I. 80 All the cairis and fashereis that dois with age recrease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1521
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