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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishencresen, borrowed fromAnglo-Normanencreistre, fromLatinincrescere(“to increase”), fromin(“in, on”) +crescō(“grow”).

The noun is fromMiddle Englishencres, from the verb.

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increase (third-person singular simple presentincreases,present participleincreasing,simple past and past participleincreased)

  1. (intransitive) (of aquantity, etc.) To becomelarger or greater, togreaten.
    His rage onlyincreased when I told him of the lost money.
  2. (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
    • 2013 July-August,Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, inAmerican Scientist:
      The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles,increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
  3. Tomultiply by the production ofyoung; to befertile,fruitful, orprolific.
    • a.1677 (date written),Matthew Hale,The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published1677,→OCLC:
      Fishes are infinitely more numerous ofincreasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
  4. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; towax.
    The Moonincreases.

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Translations

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become larger
make larger
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Noun

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increase (countable anduncountable,pluralincreases)

  1. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
    • 2013 July-August,Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, inAmerican Scientist:
      Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, thisincrease in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
    • 2018,VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎[2]:
      She says anincrease in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
  2. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
  3. Offspring,progeny.
    • 1599,[Thomas] Nashe,Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson andValentine Simmes] forN[icholas] L[ing] andC[uthbert] B[urby] […],→OCLC,page 2:
      That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houresthe Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owneencreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it.
  4. (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more newstitches; seeIncrease (knitting).

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Translations

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increased amount
act of becoming larger

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