Definition of increase

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Increase (v. i.) 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..

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Milk Vetch :: Milk vetch () A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats..
Accresce :: Accresce (v. i.) To increase; to grow.
Crescence :: Crescence (n.) Increase; enlargement.
Increaser :: Increaser (n.) One who, or that, increases..
Blastogenesis :: Blastogenesis (n.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.
Nourish :: Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues..
Continuation :: Continuation (n.) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Augment :: Augment (n.) Enlargement by addition; increase.
Grow :: Grow (v. i.) To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
Bad Lands :: Bad lands () Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by ca–ons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands)..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Split :: Split (n.) the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split..
Variable :: Variable (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables..
Hyperplasia :: Hyperplasia (n.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part..
Sting :: Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ..
Liquefacient :: Liquefacient (n.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions..
Double :: Double (a.) Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc..
Water :: Water (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or diluted..
Augmenter :: Augmenter (n.) One who, or that which, augments or increases anything..
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