crebrous
English
Etymology
Latin creber (“close-set, frequent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːbɹəs/, /ˈkɹɛbɹəs/
Adjective
crebrous (comparative more crebrous, superlative most crebrous)
- (obsolete) frequent; numerous
- a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, The work of the Holy Ghost in our salvation:
- which indeed supposeth (as their principles do) an imperfect inchoate power already in man's will to act graciously,
which through assisting grace stirred up by crebrous and frequent acts, grows up into an habit or facility of working.
Derived terms
References
- “crebrous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.