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increate

American  
[in-kree-eyt, in-kree-it] / ˌɪn kriˈeɪt, ɪnˈkri ɪt /

adjective

  1. not created; uncreated.

  2. existing without having been created.


increate British  
/ ˌɪnkrɪˈeɪt, ˈɪnkrɪˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. archaic (esp of gods) never having been created

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of increate

1375–1425; late Middle English increat < Late Latin increātus not made. See in- 3, create

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For though increate the three, They are but one Uncreated.

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

It's the law of life, the harmony of heaven, the breath of which the universe was born, the divine essence increate of the ever-living God.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

Or of Eternal coëternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by Ridpath, John Clark

And it is, like God, increate, springing out of nothing, yet the maker of all things - ever changing yet the same yesterday, to-day and for ever.

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity—dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

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