Definition of increase

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Increase (v. i.) The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon..

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Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion..
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..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace..
Advantage :: Advantage (n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
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..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry..
Diaphoretical :: Diaphoretical (a.) Having the power to increase perspiration.
Inconvenience :: Inconvenience (n.) That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty..
Maximum :: Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum..
Add :: Add (v. t.) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
Inflationist :: Inflationist (n.) One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.
Milk Vetch :: Milk vetch () A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats..
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Overmultiply :: Overmultiply (v. t. & i.) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Increasement :: Increasement (n.) Increase.
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..
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