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noun

• An amount by which a quantity is increased.

• For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

• Offspring, progeny

• The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

verb

• (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

  Example: His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.

• To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

• 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.

  Example: The Moon increases.