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Word: increaseth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...Turner, whose surname Nat assumes. When the young slave steals a book, his master sees proof that Nat is no less a man than himself. An educational experiment begins, during which the pupil absorbs the rudiments of scholarship along with a bitter truth: "The preacher was right. He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Idea of Hope | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

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