See Also: Increase(medicine)
Do Not Increase (DNI)(money)
increase(1)(dictionary)
increase(2)(dictionary)
Mather, Increase(encyclopedia)
increase 1, verb(dictionary)
increase 2, noun(dictionary)

increase(1) (iou)



increase noun. Also encrease. LME.
[from the verb.]
The action, process, or fact of making or becoming greater; growth, enlargement, extension. LME.
b. spec. The rising of the tide; the waxing of the moon. M16-M17.
c. The action or a method of increasing in knitting. L19.
Growth in number or frequency; multiplication; spec. the multiplication of humans, animals, or plants; reproduction. LME.
Shakespeare King Lear Dry up in her the organs of increase.
Growth in some specified quality or respect, esp. wealth or power. LME-E19.
The result of increasing; the amount by which something is increased, an addition. LME.
W. S. Jevons When their wages are raised, the increase comes out of the pockets of their employers.
Offspring (of humans or animals); arch. crops; fig. the product or result of any action. M16.
Bible (AV): 1 Samuel 2:33 And all the increase of thine house shall die in the floure of their age.
Phrases: on the increase increasing, becoming greater or more frequent.
increaseful adjective (rare) productive, fruitful: only in L16.