increment

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Synonyms: inclement, inurement, decrement, recrement, incitement, excrement, induement, increscent, incagement, inurnment, enurement

Antonyms: inclement, inurement, decrement, recrement, incitement, excrement, induement, increscent, incagement, inurnment, enurement

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Noun

1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. The amount of increase.
3. An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
4. The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
5. A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

Verb

1. To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

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