Increase: alternatives and connections

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

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Accrument.

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The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seek…

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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

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A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

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To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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of Broaden

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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the ele…

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The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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The act of heaping or piling up.

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The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.

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The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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A basket.

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The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.

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The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural…

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The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

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A germinating, or budding.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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of Split

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of Strengthen

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That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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The act of supplementing.

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A spring; a fountain.

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of Wax

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of Widen

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To increase; to augment.

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To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

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To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

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To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of…

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To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

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To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatie…

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To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

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To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

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In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

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With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, i…

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To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

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To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

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Blown in; inflated.

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To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

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Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

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To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.

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To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.

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To increase to the highest degree.

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A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

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A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Reproduced.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.

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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

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To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

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To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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The act of altering or making different.

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To go up; to ascend.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

Rise is often intransitive, while increase can be transitive or intransitive.

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

Grow often suggests gradual or organic increase.

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

Use for pressure, scrutiny, competition, emotion or effects rather than simple counts.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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