increase n
1. a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition, gain]
2. a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month" [ant: decrease]
3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: increment, growth] [ant: decrease, decrease]
4. the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: increment] [ant: decrease]
5. the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" [syn: step-up] [ant: decrease] v
6. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" [ant: decrease]
7. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" [ant: decrease]

Increase \In*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Increased; p. pr. & vb. n. Increasing.] [OE. incresen, encresen, enrescen, OF. encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Decrease.]
1. 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. The waters increased and bare up the ark. --Gen. vii. 17. He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii. 30. The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow! --Shak.
2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile,

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