Part 5721

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to <i>decrease</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The waters <b>increased</b> and bare up the ark. <i>Gen. vii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He must <b>increase</b>, but I must decrease. <i>John iii. 30.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should <b>increase</b>, Even as our days do grow! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.</def>

<blockquote>Fishes are more numerous of <b>increasing</b> than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; <as>as, the moon <ex>increases</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Increasing function</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten; amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify; augment; advance.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Increase</er>, <er>Enlarge</er>, <er>Extend</er>. <i>Enlarge</i> implies to make larger or broader in size. <i>Extend</i> marks the progress of enlargement so as to have wider boundaries. <i>Increase</i> denotes enlargement by growth and internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom is <i>enlarged</i> by the addition of new territories; the mind is <i>enlarged</i> by knowledge. A kingdom is <i>extended</i> when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance from the center. A man's riches, honors, knowledge, etc., are <i>increased</i> by accessions which are made from time to time.</usage>

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<hw>In*crease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; <as>as, to <ex>increase</ex> one's possessions, influence</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>increase</b> the famine. <i>Ezek. v. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Make denials <b>Increase</b> your services. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In"crease</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>encres</ets>, <ets>encresse</ets>. See <er>Increase</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.</def>

<blockquote>As if <b>increase</b> of appetite had grown By what if fed on. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For things of tender kind for pleasure made Shoot up with swift <b>increase</b>, and sudden are decay'd. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.</def>

<blockquote>Take thou no usury of him, or <b>increase</b>. <i>Lev. xxv. 36.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let them not live to taste this land's <b>increase</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Progeny; issue; offspring.</def>

<blockquote>All the <b>increase</b> of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. <i>1 Sam. ii. 33.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Generation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Organs of <i>increase</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.</def>

<blockquote>Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in the <b>increase</b> of the moon. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Increase twist</col>, <cd>the twixt of a rifle groove in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the muzzle.</cd></cs>