meaning of increase
1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
3. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
4. To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc. ; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase ones possessions, influence.
5. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc. ; augmentation; growth.
6. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
7. Progeny; issue; offspring.
8. Generation.
9. The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
10. the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in
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Related Words
increase | increased | increaseful | increasement | increaser |
