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

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

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

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 the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproachèd light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

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