increase
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Synonyms: increate, encrease, uncrease, crease, incense, decrease, increased, accrease, reincrease, incase, incremate
Antonyms: increate, encrease, uncrease, crease, incense, decrease, increased, accrease, reincrease, incase, incremate
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} (of a [[quantity]], etc.) To become [[large]]r or greater, to [[greaten]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- To [[multiply]] by the production of [[young]]; to be [[fertile]], [[fruitful]], or [[prolific]].
- {{lb|en|astronomy|intransitive}} To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to [[wax]].
Noun
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- [[offspring|Offspring]], [[progeny]].
- {{lb|en|knitting|crochet}} The creation of one or more new [[stitch]]es; see {{w|Increase (knitting)}}.
- {{lb|en|archaic}} {{rfdef|en}}
Proper noun
- {{lb|en|historical|used by Puritans}} {{given name|en|male}}.
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