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Definition increase
Etymology
From Middle English increase, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Old French, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of incresc?, from in (“in, on”) + cresc? (“grow”).
The verb is from Middle English incresen, encresen.
Verb
increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Noun
increase (countable and uncountable, plural increases)
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
- Offspring, progeny
- (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
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