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

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

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

It hardly allows the reader to rest in any supreme first cause, but directly it hints at a supremer still which created the last, and the Creator is still behind increate.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

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