Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
(verb)An example of increase is someone getting a raise in their salary.
See increase in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb increased, increasing
Origin: ME encresen < OFr encreistre < L increscere < in-, in, on + crescere, to grow: see crescent
transitive verb
noun
Origin: ME encrese
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See increase in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb in·creased, in·creas·ing, in·creas·es verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English encresen
Origin: , from Old French encreistre, encreiss-
Origin: , from Latin incrēscere
Origin: : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2
Origin: + crēscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots
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