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increaser
Variant of increase
intransitive verb increased, increasing
- to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; grow
- to become greater in numbers by producing offspring; multiply; propagate
transitive verb
to cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
noun
- an increasing or becoming increased; specif.,
- growth, enlargement, etc.
- Archaic multiplication, as of offspring
- the result or amount of an increasing: a population increase of 10%
Related Forms:
- increasable adjective
- increaser noun
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