† increstv.
/ɪnˈkrɛst/ Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To furnish or adorn with or as with a crest; to crest (with).
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the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy or form the top of > furnish with a top
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Increstamento, an encresting.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Increstare, to encrest.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Incimierato, crested or encrested.
?1614 W. Drummond Song: It was the time in Poems Two foaming Billowes..did their tops with Corrall red encrest.
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