Increase

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.

To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

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, to increase one's possessions, influence.

Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.

That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

Progeny; issue; offspring.

Generation.

The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.

a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"

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"

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"