Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *aukijan (to increase), equivalent to ēaca +‎ -an. Related to Proto-Germanic *aukaną (to increase) and Latin augeō.

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īeċan (transitive)

  1. to increase or enlarge
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
      Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.
      When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
  2. to add
  3. to endow
  4. to impregnate

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  • Middle English: echen