What is the meaning of INCREASE. Phrases containing INCREASE
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
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The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
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Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
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One who, or that, increases.
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of Increase
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
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A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
v. i.
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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Full of increase; abundant in produce.
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One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.
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To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
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Increase.
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A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.
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The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
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A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
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