- (v.i.) Progeny; issue; offspring.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
- (v.i.) The period of increasing light or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
- (v.i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
- (v.i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful or prolific.
- (v.i.) Generation.
- (v.i.) Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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