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increaseful

increaseful adjective: abundant in produce; fruitful.

Adjective

increaseful (comparative more increaseful, superlative most increaseful)

  1. (archaic, rare) abundant in produce; fruitful
    • To cheare the Plowman with increasefull crops1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC
    • […] by mans helpe, industrie, and labour, it [the earth] becommeth more rich, fertile, and increasefull1599, Richard Linche, The fountaine of ancient fiction, London: Adam Islip, page M iii

Forms of increaseful

comparativemore increaseful
superlativemost increaseful

Origin of increaseful

From increase + -ful.

Questions about increaseful

What does increaseful mean?
Increaseful means abundant in produce; fruitful.
What part of speech is increaseful?
Increaseful is an adjective.

Words near increaseful in the dictionary

  1. increasability
  2. increasable
  3. increasableness
  4. increase
  5. increased
  6. increaseful
  7. increasement
  8. increasements
  9. increaser
  10. increasers
  11. increases

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