Definition of increase

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Increase (v. t.) 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 one's possessions, influence..

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Add :: Add (v. t.) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land..
Milk Vetch :: Milk vetch () A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
Cinque Ports :: Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places..
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.
More :: More (v. t.) To make more; to increase.
Spurted :: Spurt (n.) A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space..
Augmenter :: Augmenter (n.) One who, or that which, augments or increases anything..
Clog :: Clog (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line..
Superheater :: Superheat (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.
Exacerbescence :: Exacerbescence (n.) Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease..
Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest..
Hyperaesthesia :: Hyperaesthesia (n.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it..
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..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
Populate :: Populate (v. t.) To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people..
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