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verb

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. "I will increase the famine." "Make denials Increase your services."

Increase v. i. (past & past part. increased; pres. part. increasing)

1.

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. "The waters increased and bare up the ark." "He must increase, but I must decrease." "The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow!"

2.

To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. "Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn."

3.

(Astron.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

Increasing function (Math.), a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a monotonically increasing function.

Synonyms: To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten; amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify; augment; advance. To Increase, Enlarge, Extend. Enlarge implies to make larger or broader in size. Extend marks the progress of enlargement so as to have wider boundaries. Increase denotes enlargement by growth and internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom is enlarged by the addition of new territories; the mind is enlarged by knowledge. A kingdom is extended when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance from the center. A man's riches, honors, knowledge, etc., are increased by accessions which are made from time to time.

adjective

increased adj.

1.

Made greater in size or amount or degree. Opposite of decreased. (Narrower terms: augmented; exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated; exaggerated, magnified, enlarged; raised(prenominal), inflated)

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Etymology of 'Increased'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... human nature and in the human brain and heart that go with the motor-car habit, the increased speed of the human motor, the gearing up of the central power house in society everywhere is going to make men capable of unheard-of social technique. The social consciousness is becoming the common man's daily habit. Laws of social technique and laws of human nature which ...

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