intransitive verb. To become greater or larger.

intransitive verb. To multiply; reproduce.

intransitive verb. To make greater or larger.

noun. The act of increasing.

noun. The amount or rate by which something is increased.

noun. Reproduction and spread; propagation.

idiom. (on the increase) Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence.

To become greater in any respect; become enlarged, extended, or multiplied; grow or advance in size, quantity, number, degree, etc.; augment; multiply; wax, as the moon.

To make greater in any respect; enlarge or extend in bulk, quantity, number, degree, etc.; add to; enhance; aggravate: opposed to diminish.

noun. A growing larger, as in size, number, quantity, degree, etc.; augmentation; enlargement; extension; multiplication.

noun. The amount or number added to the original stock, or by which the original stock is augmented; increment; profit; interest; produce; issue; offspring.

noun. In astronomy, the period of increasing light or an increasing luminous phase; the waxing, as of the moon.

transitive verb. To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

intransitive verb. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

intransitive verb. a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a monotonically increasing function.

noun. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.

noun. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

noun. Progeny; issue; offspring.

noun. Generation.

noun. The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.

noun. the twixt of a rifle groove in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the muzzle.

verb. to become larger.

verb. To make (a quantity) larger.

noun. An amount by which a quantity is increased.

noun. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

noun. The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

verb. become bigger or greater in amount

verb. make bigger or more

noun. a quantity that is added

noun. the act of increasing something

noun. a change resulting in an increase

noun. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

noun. the amount by which something increases

"Is it true that for 200 years the only increase in the wealth and resources of Virginia, has been a remnant of the natural _increase_ of this miserable race?"

abate  cut  decrease  decrement  diminish  

imperceptible increase  

increasable  

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accession  accession  accessory  accompaniment  accretion  

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