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▪ I. increasing, vbl. n.|ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ|
[f. increase v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb increase; increase, augmentation, enlargement, growth, etc.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 25 That þei shuld oo tyme yevene hem..to the werkes of actiffe liffe in profitt of her encresynge. 1382Wyclif Eph. iv. 16 Of whom alle the body..makith encresynge of the body. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 36 He promissis incressing of grace and vertew. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 89 Artes haue their increasinges euen as other things, beeing naturall. 1620Sanderson Twelve Serm. (1632) 113 The..encreasing of the body to the edifying it selfe in loue. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. 8 A Benediction and a Virtue of encreasing. 1850John Brown Disc. our Lord (1852) I. ii. 60 Not near approaches to satisfaction but increasings of the capacity. 1872[see increase v. 6 b]. 1932D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 70/1 Increasing... After knitting a stitch..knit again into back of same loop. 1972Where May/June 133/1 There has been a 78 per cent increasing in the principal venereal diseases, that is to say gonorrhoea, syphilis and chancroid.
†2. The result of this action: Increase, produce.
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. ix. 10 He schal multiplie ȝoure seed, and make moche the encresyngis of fruytis of ȝoure riȝtwysnesse. 1483Cath. Angl. 114 An Encresynge,..incrementum. 1644Digby Mans Soule (1645) 33 Abridging them of their naturall encreasings.
▪ II. inˈcreasing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That increases; growing, augmenting, enlarging, etc.: see the verb. Esp. in law of increasing return(s): the observed fact that in certain manufactures and industries the expenditure of labour or capital up to a certain point produces a more than proportionate corresponding return. Cf. diminishing ppl. a. 1 b.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, i. ii. 205 Haue you not..a decreasing leg, an incresing belly? 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. ix. 208 Fishes are infinitely more numerous or increasing than Beasts or Birds. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 49 The encreasing luxury of the nation. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. viii. II. 484 A pier and a haven..insufficient for the increasing traffic. 1890A. Marshall Princ. Econ. I. iv. xiii. 379 While the part which Nature plays in production conforms to the Law of Diminishing Return, the part which man plays conforms to the Law of Increasing Return. 1925S. E. Thomas Elem. Econ. x. 114 The Law of Increasing Returns..states that the expansion of an industry, in which there is no dearth of the necessary agents of production, tends to be accompanied by increasing returns. |