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English word increase comes from Latin crescendum, Latin indu, and later Latin incresco (I grow in or upon. I swell, or am swollen.)
crescendum (Latin)
indu (Latin)
incresco (Latin)
I grow in or upon. I swell, or am swollen.
encreistre (Anglo-Norman)
increase (Middle English)
increase (English)
(astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).. An amount by which a quantity is increased.. For a [...]