cresen

Galician

Verb

cresen

1. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of crer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crece, creese, cresce, crese, cressen, cresyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman creistre, crestre, from Latin crēscō, crēscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛːsən/, /ˈkrɛsən/

Verb

cresen

1. To grow; to increase (in size, wealth, or magnitude).

Conjugation

Conjugation of cresen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) cresen, crese
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	crese	cresed
2nd-person singular	cresest	cresedest
3rd-person singular	creseth	cresed
subjunctive singular	crese
imperative singular		—
plural1	cresen, crese	creseden, cresede
imperative plural	creseth, crese	—
participles	cresynge, cresende	cresed, ycresed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• acresen
• decresen
• encresen

 

References

• “crēsen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.