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increst

increst verb: to adorn with a crest.

Verb

increst (third-person singular simple present incrests, present participle incresting, simple past and past participle incrested)

  1. (transitive) To adorn with a crest.
    • Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast,
      Which did their tops with coral red increst1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, “Song XIII”, in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains

Forms of increst

third-person singular presentincrests
present participleincresting
past participleincrested
pastincrested

Origin of increst

From in- + crest.

Questions about increst

What does increst mean?
Increst means to adorn with a crest.
What part of speech is increst?
Increst is a verb.
What is the past tense of increst?
The past tense of increst is incrested.

Words near increst in the dictionary

  1. increpations
  2. incrept
  3. increscence
  4. increscent
  5. increscents
  6. increst
  7. incrested
  8. incresting
  9. incrests
  10. incretin
  11. incretins

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