increase

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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Old French, from Latin increscere (increase), present active infinitive of increscō, from in (in, on) + crescō (grow).

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increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)

  1. (intransitive, of a quantity) to become larger.
  2. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.

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increase (plural increases)

  1. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  2. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
  3. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

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