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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Appreciate :: Appreciate (v. t.) To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
Increaser :: Increaser (n.) One who, or that, increases..
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..
Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
Leucocythemia :: Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia..
Addition :: Addition (n.) Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building..
Increase :: 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..
Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line..
Accession :: Accession (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense..
Hyperkinesis :: Hyperkinesis (n.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.
Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Centuple :: Centuple (v. t.) To increase a hundredfold.
Improve :: Improve (v. i.) To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves..
Greaten :: Greaten (v. t.) To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
Size :: Size (v. i.) To take greater size; to increase in size.
Growth :: Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth..
Advance :: Advance (v. i.) To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price..
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