increase

Roget category 35

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity

#35. Increase

noun

increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension — dilatation etc. (expansion) 194 — increment, accretion — accession etc. 37 — development, growth — aggrandizement, aggravation — rise — ascent etc. 305 — exaggeration exacerbation — spread etc. (dispersion) 73 — flood tide — gain, produce, product, profit.

verb

increase, augment, add to, enlarge — dilate etc. (expand) 194 — grow, wax, get ahead.
gain strength — advance — run up, shoot up — rise — ascend etc. 305 — sprout etc. 194.
aggrandize — raise, exalt — deepen, heighten — strengthen — intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble — aggravate, exaggerate — exasperate, exacerbate — add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd etc. (add) 37 — spread etc. (disperse) 73.

adjective

increased etc. v. — on the increase, undiminished — additional etc. (added) 37.

adverb

crescendo.

phrase

vires acquirit eundo [Lat.] [Vergil].

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