- Crescive
- Crescive Cres"cive (kr?s"s?v), a. [L. crescere to increase.]
Increasing; growing. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Crescive
Look at other dictionaries:
crescive — [kres′iv] adj. [< L crescere (see CRESCENT) + IVE] Rare growing; increasing … English World dictionary
crescive — adjective Etymology: Latin crescere to grow Date: 1566 marked by gradual spontaneous development • crescively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
crescive — /kres iv/, adj. increasing; growing. [1560 70; < L cresc(ere) to increase + IVE] * * * … Universalium
crescive — adjective Increasing or growing. Marked by gradual spontaneous development … Wiktionary
crescive — cres·cive … English syllables
crescive — … Useful english dictionary
crescively — adverb see crescive … New Collegiate Dictionary
growing — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. increasing, ever widening, crescive, crescent, expanding, budding, germinating, maturing, burgeoning, fructifying, waxing, enlarging, amplifying, swelling, developing, mushrooming, spreading, thriving, flourishing,… … English dictionary for students
growing — adj 1. increasing, expanding, crescive, crescent, accrescent, enlarging, aggrandizing, swelling, waxing; extending, distending, spreading, stretching; widening, heightening, lengthening, deepening, thickening. 2. prospering, thriving, palmy;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
crescively — adverb see crescive … Useful english dictionary
