Obs. Also 6 Sc. excresse. [ad. L. excrēscĕre: cf. INCREASE.] intr. To grow out or forth; to constitute an excrescence; to increase inordinately; to exceed what is usual.

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1570.  B. Googe, Pop. Kingd., II. (1880), 236. So hath this wretched kinde of men in little time excreast.

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1588.  A. King, trans. Canisius’ Catech., h vij. Quhilk [xi days] addit to yat ȝere quhairin it excresseis makis ye same to exeid the common ȝere of ye sone be 19 dayes.

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1691.  E. Taylor, Behmen’s Theos. Philos., 71. The Pores … so numerous in the Skin, thro’ which the Hairs excresce.

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  Hence † Excreasing ppl. a.

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1578.  Banister, Hist. Man, I. 2 a. When a bone in any part, stretcheth forth his substance in excreasing maner.

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1671.  [R. MacWard], True Non-conf., 144–5. How this excrescing power, should have crept into the whole Church.

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