† echingn.
Obsolete.
The action of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; concrete an addition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasingc1340
increasec1374
echinga1382
creasing1398
augmentinga1400
alarginga1425
moringa1425
augmentc1425
incrementc1425
creasec1440
increasement1509
enlarginga1513
enlargement1564
amplification1569
accession1570
usury1576
enhancement1577
growth1587
creasement1592
accrease1598
crescence1602
improvement1607
excrement1608
majoration1626
heightening1629
auction1692
turgescence1806
outgrowth1837
steepening1868
prolating1919
upgrading1920
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xv. 9 I shal putte vpon Dibon ecchingus [a1425 encreessyngis; L. additamenta].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) iv. vii [Blood] is..more scharpe for þe ychynge of hete.
1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 34 Item for mending and eching of iiij hopys to the said whelys ijd.
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† echingadj.
Obsolete.
That increases. In quot. a1644, that increases speed, is quickened; cf. eche v. 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]
waxing1297
multiplyinga1400
augmentive1483
breeding1552
crescent1568
growingc1587
enhancinga1592
creasing1592
teeming1597
increasing1600
auctive1634
echinga1644
multiplicating1661
gliscent1669
enlarging1694
augmenting1745
swelling1854
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) 13 Lord, how my Lambs divide Their eching paces to the farther side.
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