cresen
Galician
Verb
cresen
- third-person plural preterite 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
- To grow; to increase (in size, wealth, or magnitude).
Conjugation
Conjugation of cresen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) cresen, crese | ||
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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.