What does increaseful mean?
Increaseful means (archaic, rare) abundant in produce; fruitful.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic, rare) abundant in produce; fruitful.
To cheare the Plowman with increasefull crops
[…] by mans helpe, industrie, and labour, it [the earth] becommeth more rich, fertile, and increasefull
[…] indeed, it [the soil] becomes generative, so to speak, and increaseful.
When England crowned her centuries of cumulative crime against Ireland, hounding to death or expatriation her best and ablest sons, for the increaseful crime of their nativity, she used similar machinery.
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Increaseful means (archaic, rare) abundant in produce; fruitful.
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To cheare the Plowman with increasefull crops
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