increate

American  

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

adjective

1. not created; uncreated.

2. existing without having been created.

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increate British  

/ ˌɪnkrɪˈeɪt, ˈɪnkrɪˌeɪt /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• increately adverb

Etymology

Origin of increate

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

Example Sentences

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

Since God is light,   And never but in unapproached light   Dwelt from eternity; dwelt then in thee,   Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

From Milton by Bailey, John Cann

Ere traversed; and that alone goes back To join the maker in the increate, The golden chambers of eternal light.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt

Education occurs when a man is confronted with something true and beautiful and good which stimulates to active life that "bright effluence of bright essence increate" which dwells within him.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

The increate perpetual thirst, that draws Toward the realm of God's own form, bore us Swift almost as the heaven ye behold.

From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Paradise by Cary, Henry Francis