Thesaurus: increase

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1. 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.
2. v. i. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
3. v. i. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
4. 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.
5. v. i. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
6. v. i. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
7. v. i. Progeny; issue; offspring.
8. v. i. Generation.
9. v. i. The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
10. n. a quantity that is added
11. n. a change resulting in an increase
12. n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important