increasen.

Brit.

/ˈɪnkriːs/,

/ˈɪŋkriːs/, U.S.

/ˈɪnˌkris/,

/ˈɪŋˌkris/,

/ᵻnˈkris/,

/ᵻŋˈkris/

Forms: see increase v.

Etymology: < increase v.The shifting of the stress is recent. Todd remarks ‘the accent..has, in modern times, been often placed on the first syllable, by way of so distinguishing the substantive from the verb’. ˈIncrease appears in Walker 1791, Perry 1805. Some later dictionaries have both inˈcrease and ˈincrease: so in Tennyson. N.E.D. (1900) gives the pronunciation as (i·nkrīs, formerly inkrī·s) /ˈɪnkriːs/, formerly/ɪnˈkriːs/.

I. The action of increasing.

a. The action, process, or fact of becoming or making greater; augmentation, growth, enlargement, extension.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasec1374

dilatationc1400

larging?a1425

magnification?a1425

bredingc1440

ampliation1509

enlarginga1513

dilating1532

ampliating1541

amplification1546

amplifying1553

propagation1563

enlargement1564

widening1569

growth1587

dilation1598

expatiation1612

diduction1634

expansion1635

extendinga1649

dispansion1658

elargement1680

expatiating1708

explicating1730

aggrandizement1772

extension1839

expanse1860

aggrandization1929

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasingc1340

increasec1374

echinga1382

creasing1398

augmentinga1400

alarginga1425

moringa1425

augmentc1425

incrementc1425

creasec1440

increasement1509

enlarginga1513

enlargement1564

amplification1569

accession1570

usury1576

enhancement1577

growth1587

creasement1592

accrease1598

crescence1602

improvement1607

excrement1608

majoration1626

heightening1629

auction1692

turgescence1806

outgrowth1837

steepening1868

prolating1919

upgrading1920

α.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1229 (1257) It nys but foly and encres of peyne.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 277 Sownyng alwey thencrees of his wynnyng.

c1430 J. Lydgate in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 27 Is none so gret encrese Of worldly tresowre as for to lyve in pease.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biii Augmentacion and encrease of merite.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 144 As if increase Of appetite had growne by what it looked on.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 93. ⁋1 Opinions which the progress of his studies and the encrease of his knowledge oblige him to resign.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 139 Encres, or incres,..augmentacio.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 200 Incres of sorrow, sklander and evill name.1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xi. 19 As God gaue increase to his Church.1658 J. Playford Breif Introd. Skill Musick (new ed.) i. 20 The foure first are of Augmentation or Increase.1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 405 For Things of tender Kind, for Pleasure made Shoot up with swift Increase, and suddain are decay'd.1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 6 With increase of business came increase of expense.

†b. spec. The rising of the tide, or of the waters of a river; the advance of daylight from sunrise to noon; the waxing of the moon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [noun] > rise in level of water

increase1555

swelling1557

risea1602

flowing1642

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun] > period from sunrise to noon

increase1555

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > rising or flowing in flood

risinga1387

acker1440

increase1555

swelling1557

flow1583

tiding1593

float1594

afflux1603

flux1612

flowing1642

flood-tide1719

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > crescent moon > waxing

springc1440

springing?1440

increase1555

increment1610

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119 They see the seas by increase and decrease, to flowe and reflowe.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 379 In the increase of the day, that is to saie, about nine or tenne a clocke in the morning.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 564 The Land of Egypt doth not onely owe the fertilitie, but herselfe also, unto the slimie encrease of Nilus.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §892 Seeds will grow soonest, And Haire, and Nailes, and Hedges, and Herbs, Cut, &c. will grow soonest, if they be Set, or Cut, in the Increase of the Moone.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. ii, in Occas. Refl. sig. E5^v Oysters, and other Shell-fish, are observ'd to thrive at the Increase of the Moon, though her Light be unattended with Heat.

2. The becoming more numerous or frequent; growth in numbers; multiplication.

a. gen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in quantity, number, or frequency

multiplicationa1387

increase1390

multiplyingc1390

manifolding1892

proliferation1904

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 283 [Moab and Ammon], as it is founde, Cam afterward to great encres.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 42^v Deuise..how the encrease of them may encrease thy profite.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §13 We can have no reason to think, that..none of them [Sem's posterity] went further off, which necesity would put them upon because of their great increase.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 9 The encrease and progress of earthquakes.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 284 The increase of the people has been great in every part of the kingdom.

b. spec. The multiplication of a family or race of people or animals; the production of offspring; reproduction, procreation, propagation, breeding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun]

i-streonc893

strainc950

akennessOE

spreadingOE

upspringc1000

akenningOE

akennednessOE

strainc1175

streningc1230

begetc1330

begettingc1330

engendrurec1350

generationa1382

gettinga1382

genderingc1384

multiplicationa1387

increase1390

prolificationa1393

procreationc1395

engenderinga1400

gendrure?a1400

engendure?a1425

progeniturec1429

propagation?1440

teemingc1450

breeda1500

geniturea1500

engenderment1507

progeneration1548

fathering1549

engender1556

race1561

multiplying1599

pullulation1641

progermination1648

reproduction1713

face-making1785

baby-making1827

begettal1864

fertility1866

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 277 In whom was gete netheles Of worldes folk the first encres.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 66 Few men study the increse of [bestys and catayl].

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 272 Drie vp in hir the organs of increase .

1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 3 Blest with Issue of a large Increase.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris 44 God made the woman for the man, And for the good and increase of the world.

c. The fruitful multiplication of plants or crops.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > growth or vegetation

thriftc1230

upgrowing1430

thrivage1610

vegetity1628

vigidity1628

vegetating1641

vegetation1665

increase1794

multiplication1849

1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania (title page) The Richness of the Soil..the prodigious Encrease of Corn.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 79 Trees and plants derive their nourishment and increase.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlv. 68 The fruitful hours of still increase .

3. on the increase (in senses 1, 2): Increasing, becoming greater or more frequent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase]

on the increase1752

on the upgrade1892

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 51 The power of the crown..is rather on the encrease.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. viii. 141 Brandenburg was..always rather on the increase than otherwise.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 3/4 The use of the telephone is generally on the increase in most parts of the Continent.

†4. spec. Growth in wealth, prosperity, honour, or influence; advancement, progress. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun]

growingc1380

profitingc1384

increasec1385

bettering?c1425

progress1457

advancementc1475

service1533

progression1586

increment1609

upgrowinga1618

flowering1629

rise1676

development1756

evolution1796

march1818

headway1832

upgrowth1844

upbuilding1876

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > becoming

increasec1385

chevance1393

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1087 Al the worshippe and encres That I may goodly doon yow.

1450 Queen Margaret in Four C. Eng. Lett. 8 We, desiryng th' encres, furtherance, and preferring of oure said squire.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 63/2 To take vpon him y^e..gouernaunce of this realm, to y^e welth & encrease of the same.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 112 Upon some she bestowed honour, force, and increase.

1718 I. Watts Psalms of David cxxii The man that seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increse, A thousand blessings on him rest.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 57 It is manifest, we have not diminish'd in our Encrease by Foreign Trade, from 1688 to this Time.

II. The result or product of increasing.

a. The result of increasing; an increased amount, addition, increment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase

eke894

increasec1384

eking1393

augmentationc1452

superexcrescence1479

access1548

accrue1548

accession1551

increasement1561

ekementa1603

afflux1603

accruement1607

increment1631

rise1654

plusa1721

raise1729

swell1768

gain1851

step-up1922

upcurve1928

build-up1943

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ix. 11 By alle momentis his sorewis takynge encresis [L. augmenta].

a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 40 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 Kepe hit wiþ encrese.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Incres, incrementum.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 296 Thou wilt but adde encrease vnto my Wrath.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) V. 494 The increase of expense occasioned by the increased subsidy to the Portuguese Government, and by the increase of our own army.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 69 Working men think that, when their wages are raised, the increase comes out of the pockets of their employers.

b. (See increase v. 6b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > processes involved in

grafting1841

toeing1871

increase1872

knocking over1875

underlap1926

plating1937

knock-over1952

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > crochet > processes involved in

increase1872

1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 607/1 The increasing and decreasing may..take place at the ends or in the middle of the work. In increasing in the middle, the increase is effected by taking up stitches.

1971 M. Hamilton-Hunt tr. Mon Tricot Knitting Dict. 20 An increase is the method of making an extra or supplementary stitch in the course of the work... The single increases are known as simple increases... Double increases are used for darts, etc.

6. Offspring, progeny, brood (of people or animals). Generally collective: also poetic, of an individual = Offspring, child.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun]

bairn830

childOE

foodc1225

whelp?c1225

birtha1325

first-begottenc1384

conceptiona1398

impc1412

heir1413

foddera1425

fryc1480

collop?1518

increase1552

spawn1589

under-bougha1661

prognate1663

chickadee1860

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring

seedOE

offspringOE

begottena1325

birtha1325

issuea1325

burgeoninga1340

fruit of the loinsa1340

young onec1384

increasement1389

geta1400

gendera1425

procreation1461

progeniturec1487

engendera1500

propagation1536

feture1537

increase1552

breed1574

spawn1590

bowela1593

teeming1599

pullulation1641

prolifications1646

educt1677

produce1823

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > progeny or offspring

bairn-teamc885

childeOE

tudderc897

seedOE

teamOE

wastum971

offspringOE

i-cundeOE

fostera1175

i-streonc1175

strainc1175

brooda1300

begetc1300

barm-teamc1315

issuea1325

progenyc1330

fruit of the loinsa1340

bowel1382

young onec1384

suita1387

engendrurea1400

fruitinga1400

geta1400

birth?a1425

porturec1425

progenityc1450

bodyfauntc1460

generation1477

fryc1480

enfantement1483

infantment1483

blood issue1535

propagation1536

offspring1548

race1549

family?1552

increase1552

breed1574

begetting1611

sperm1641

bed1832

fruitage1850

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Increase of cattell, fœtura.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. ii. 33 And all the increase of thine house shall die in the floure of their age.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 118 My deere Wiues estimate, her wombes encrease.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 128 The two Rain-deers..as likewise their increase, which sometimes comes to a considerable number.

1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 9 Jove's Increase, who from his Brain was born.

a1717 J. Addison tr. Ovid Metamorphoses in Wks. (1753) I. 199 Only five Of all the vast increase were left alive.

a. That which grows or is produced from the earth; vegetable produce, crops. Also formerly in plural (rare). archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun]

wastumc888

tiltha1100

estrea1300

madder-cropc1300

gainage1390

cropa1400

yieldingc1405

emblement1495

burden?1523

increase1535

field-ware1546

gather1555

esplees1598

husbandrya1616

glebe1660

warea1661

récolte1669

tilling1680

tillage1681

stuffa1687

growing1722

bearing1747

raccolta1748

the crops1789

plant1832

raising1857

cropping1861

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvi[i]. 6 That the earth maye bringe forth hir increase.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xiv. 8 The trees gaue their frute and encreace.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcvii. sig. G The teeming Autumne big with ritch increase .

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 4 Beyond Roanoak are many Isles full of fruits and other Naturall increases.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 56 The Earth did not then teem forth its Encrease.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes i. 8 Abel brought as much of his encrease.

b. transferred. That which breeds in. or is produced by, any region, as fish in the sea (cf. ‘the harvest of the deep’). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun]

increase1559

standing crop1683

populace1742

population1803

abundance1898

biota1901

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. Aii Behold..the Seas with her merueilous increse.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 142 All the wild Encrease of Woods and Fields [i.e. birds], And who in Rocks aloof, and who in Steeples builds.

c. (Chiefly figurative from 7). The product, result, or ‘fruit’ of any action; a literary production (quot. 1589); that which is obtained or gained, profit; interest on money.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results

issuea1325

outcominga1382

conclusionc1384

endc1385

fruita1400

finec1405

termination?a1425

sumc1430

succession1514

sequel1524

game1530

success1537

event1539

pass1542

increase1560

outgate1568

exit1570

cropc1575

utmosta1586

upshoot1598

sequence1600

upshot1604

resultance1616

upshut1620

succedenta1633

apotelesm1636

come-off1640

conclude1643

prosult1647

offcome1666

resultant1692

outlet1710

period1713

outcome1788

outrun1801

outcome1808

upset1821

overcome1822

upping1828

summary1831

outgo1870

upcomec1874

out-turn1881

end-product1923

pay-off1926

wash-up1961

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > as the product of any action

gain1496

increase1560

harvest1576

effect1604

income1635

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > produce, yield, or return

gettinga1382

increasingc1384

fruitc1450

increase1560

growth1580

increment1593

brood1600

return1614

produce1650

improvement1706

out-turn1801

bag1858

production1878

1560 Bible (Geneva) Lev. xxv. 37 Thou shalt not..lend him thy vitailes for increase.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. viii. 374 They doo [lose] their increase and their principall.

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2^v George Peele..whose first encrease, the Arraignement of Paris, might plead to your opinions, his pregnant dexteritie of wit.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 All kinds of Flints..are hard to burn..because a great part of its increase goes away by a kind of Glass.

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increasev.

Brit.

/ɪnˈkriːs/,

/ɪŋˈkriːs/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈkris/,

/ᵻŋˈkris/

Forms: α. Middle English encres(se, encrees(e, encreesse, encresce, Middle English–1500s encrese, encrece, (Middle English encresche), Middle English–1500s encreace, 1500s encreas, (1600s past participle encrest), Middle English–1800s encrease. β. Middle English incresse, increasse, Middle English–1500s increse, (Scottish) incress, Middle English (1500s Scottish) incres, 1500s increace, (Scottish) incresce, 1500s– increase.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman encres-, encress- (inflected encresse , encressent ) = Old French encreis(s)- , stem of encreistre , later encroistre < Latin incrēscĕre to increase, < in- (in- prefix³) + crēscĕre to grow. In later use, the prefix is assimilated to Latin; the ea represents Middle English open ē.

I. Intransitive senses.

1. To become greater in size, amount, duration, or degree; to be enlarged, extended, or intensified; to wax, grow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)]

forthwaxa900

wax971

growOE

risec1175

anhigh1340

upwax1340

creasec1380

increasec1380

accreasea1382

augmenta1400

greata1400

mountc1400

morec1425

upgrowc1430

to run up1447

swell?c1450

add1533

accresce1535

gross1548

to get (a) head1577

amount1583

bolla1586

accrue1586

improve1638

aggrandize1647

accumulate1757

raise1761

heighten1803

replenish1814

to turn up1974

α.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 19 Goostly feeste shulde encreese.

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 50 The Poo..That Estward ay encresseth in his cours.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. lxiii Þe more þe fatnes encreseþ and waxiþ.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 958 Þer glory & blysse schal euer encres.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 48 Still his power increaseth .

1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 101 Without thee, Lord,..Heaven's glorious courts had neere encrest [rhymes blest, invest, prest, rest, addrest].

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 75 In..mines..the cold seems to encrease from the mouth as we descend.

1825 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 3 As the danger of the queen encreased.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Increse, or grow or wax more.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 77 Thare comforth shall euer increasse [rhymes peasse, seasse, measse].a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. G.j In case this strife increace.1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 83 Quhilk ay incressis moir and moir.1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 As corruption increased in the world.1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 Drowsiness, increasing till it ends in sound Sleep.1864 Ld. Tennyson Victim iii His beauty still with his years increased.

2. To grow in numbers, become more numerous or frequent, to multiply; esp. by propagation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in amount, number, or frequency

waxc897

increasec1315

multiplyc1330

spawnc1400

breed1600

propagate1653

proliferate1915

α.

c1315 Shoreham 72 No stren may non encressy Wythoute flesches loste.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 389 And bad euery creature in his kynde encrees.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDviii Many small grayns of corne may growe and encrease to fyll a great garner.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 557 Hypocrites encrease.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 3 The..Burials encreased.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 4 Materials have encreased on my hands.

β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 590/2 It is a straunge thynge that one grayne shulde increase thurty.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh5 The mighty word,..That bad them to increase and multiply.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 748 Our Maker bids increase, who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man? 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxxix. 132 He feels no joy, his cares increase.1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxvi. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 98 And watch her harvest ripen, her herd increase.

3. To become greater in some specified quality or respect; to grow or advance in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in some specific respect

increase1388

largec1475

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xvi. 5 The chirches..encreseden in noumbre eche dai.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. f.i^v Dayly encreasynge, in worshyp and renowne.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke ii. f. lxxvj^v Iesus increased in wisdom and age, and in favoure with god and man.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 146 Lat vs incres in lufe of the.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §12 Daily increasing in numbers and power.

1814 A. O'Keeffe Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra II. 112 He became subject to His parents and encreased in stature and in wisdom.

1871 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 1st Ser. (1872) 100 In wit and wealth do I increase.

4. In pregnant sense: To advance in wealth, fortune, power, influence, etc.; to grow richer, more prosperous, or more powerful; to thrive more and more; to prosper. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > become rich

gather?c1225

richa1375

purchasec1387

increasea1425

enrich1525

to feather one's nest1583

to make a, one's fortune1596

to make one's fortunea1616

fatten1638

accumulate1747

to fill one's pipe1821

to shake the pagoda-tree1825

pyramid1926

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank

wax971

climba1240

forthgoa1325

arise1340

risec1390

increasea1425

to come upa1475

raise1490

clamber1576

to make one's way1579

grow1622

to get on (also up) in the world1791

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxv. 29 To euery man that hath me schal ȝyue, and he schal encreese.

1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij a She shall encrece myghtely.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxiij He must increace: And I muste decreace.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 208 He cannot but encrease mainely.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 198 I began to encrease Visibly; I had a large Quantity of Land Cur'd.

5. Latin Grammar. Of a noun or adjective: To have one syllable more in the genitive than in the nominative; the word is said to increase short or long according as the vowel of this syllable (i.e. the last syllable of the stem, preceding the case-ending) is short or long.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > have case [verb (intransitive)] > increase in genitive

increase1612

1612 [implied in: J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ix. 139 Puer pueri, is a graue increaser; and therefore of the Masculine Gender. (at increaser n. 4)].

1669 J. Milton Accedence 8 Such [nouns of third declension] as increase not in the Genitive are generally Feminin, as Nubes nubis.

1871 Pub. School Latin Primer §29. 14 Merces, merges, quies, seges, Though their Genitives increase.

1875 W. Smith Smaller Lat. Gram. §144. 84 Es increasing short in Genitive.

II. Transitive senses.

a. To cause to wax or grow; to make greater in amount or degree; to augment, enlarge, extend, intensify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]

echeOE

ekec1200

multiplya1275

morea1300

increase13..

vaunce1303

enlargec1380

augmenta1400

accrease1402

alargea1425

amply?a1425

great?1440

hainc1440

creasec1475

grow1481

amplea1500

to get upa1500

improve1509

ampliatea1513

auge1542

over1546

amplify1549

raise1583

grand1602

swell1602

magnoperate1610

greaten1613

accresce1626

aggrandize1638

majoratea1651

adauge1657

protend1659

reinforce1660

examplify1677

pluralize1750

to drive up1817

to whoop up1856

to jack up1884

upbuild1890

steepen1909

up1934

α.

13.. K. Alis. 1437 His ost he encresed with six thousynd Of noble knyghtis.

c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 457 And yet encresseth this al my penaunce.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xxv. sig. Fiij/2 Ryches encreaseth auaryce in a couetous man as drinke encreseth thurst in a man that hathe the dropesie.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 33^v It encreaseth my sorrowe and thy shame.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxv. 16 Thou shalt encrease the price thereof.

1755 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 5) 55 It may be encreas'd or lessen'd according to the Strength of the Patient.

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 37 The combustion will proceed with a splendour much encreased.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Incresyn, or moryn, augeo.c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xxxii. 326 Now is my care wel more incressyd! [rhyme dressyd].a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) Prol. sig. A.ij Mirth increaseth amitie.1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. i. 18 Hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 262 Such things as increase its Velocity.1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 73 Wages are increased by increasing the produce of labour, not by decreasing the produce.

b. (See quot. 1957.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > knit > processes involved in

purla1825

rib1837

to cast on1840

increase1840

slip1840

turn1846

toe1856

to knock over1875

to cast off1880

land1885

rep1951

raschel1970

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > crochet > processes involved in

increase1840

1840 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant 96 Increase a stitch on each wire, by knitting the last stitch in the common way; knit it again from the back part of the loop (this is the way to increase without making a hole).

1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress iii. 60 They..had to take off all the stitches and unravel back to where they ought to have begun increasing and pick up all the stitches again.

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 182/2 Increase, in knitting, crocheting, tatting, etc., to add to number of stitches in row, pattern, or round so as to enlarge the piece.

1971 Vogue's Guide to Crochet 14 Increasing a stitch means adding a stitch, and decreasing a stitch means losing it.

1971 Vogue's Guide to Crochet 14 Care must be taken not to decrease or increase in such a way as to leave an uneven edge.

a. To make more numerous, augment the number of, multiply.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase in amount, number, or frequency

manifoldeOE

multiplya1275

increase1382

plurify?a1425

advance1576

propagate1591

vie1605

mass-produce1923

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ecclus. I. 24 That encreside oure daȝes fro the wombe of oure moder.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋774 Sweete wordes multiplien and encreesen [v.r. encrescen] freendes.

1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Letany sig. .vii Encrease the fruites of the yearth.

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xxix. 6 Take ye wiues..that ye may bee increased there.

1788 W. Cowper Negro's Compl. i To increase a stranger's treasures.

†b. To make fruitful; to cause to yield increase. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > render productive [verb (transitive)]

fertile1628

fecundatea1631

impregnate1667

increase1697

fecundize1828

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 50 Come all ye Gods and Goddesses, that wear The rural Honours, and increase the Year.

8. To make greater in some specified quality or respect. Const. in, also formerly with. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > in some specific respect

increase1421

upsize1978

1421 H. Luttrell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 86 I pray unto God of hys grace encresce ȝow in worship, prosperite, and perfit ioye.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. iii. 17 Thou sayst thou arte riche and incresyd with gooddes, and haste nede off nothinge.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 203 Believe a Friend, with thrice your Years increas'd.

9. In pregnant sense: To make more wealthy, prosperous, or powerful; to enrich or advance; to cause to thrive; to promote. Obsolete or archaic (cf. increaser n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > accumulate wealth [verb (transitive)] > make rich

i-wealyOE

to bring (a person) in or to (his) warison1297

richc1350

increasec1380

enrich1382

enrichessec1430

make1460

enwealthy1594

divitiate?1623

munificate1623

felicitate1638

imburse1641

peculiate1656

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]

furtherc888

fremeOE

filsenc1175

fosterc1175

speeda1240

theec1250

advancec1300

upraisea1340

increasec1380

forthbearc1400

exploit?a1439

aid1502

to set forward(s)1530

farther1570

facilite1585

to set forthward1588

forward1598

facilitate1599

accommodate1611

succeed1613

bespeed1615

to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632

subserve1645

push1758

support1779

leg up1817

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 369 Þe clergy in alle þese poyntis ben encresyd.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 5 His mortalle foon to oppressen and bere adoune, And him to encresin as Cristis champion.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus To Gentlem. Eng. Cicero..increased the latine tounge after an other sorte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 225 This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, encrease Taylors, and breed Ballad-makers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	increase
释义	increasen. Brit. /ˈɪnkriːs/, /ˈɪŋkriːs/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌkris/, /ˈɪŋˌkris/, /ᵻnˈkris/, /ᵻŋˈkris/ Forms: see increase v. Etymology: < increase v.The shifting of the stress is recent. Todd remarks ‘the accent..has, in modern times, been often placed on the first syllable, by way of so distinguishing the substantive from the verb’. ˈIncrease appears in Walker 1791, Perry 1805. Some later dictionaries have both inˈcrease and ˈincrease: so in Tennyson. N.E.D. (1900) gives the pronunciation as (i·nkrīs, formerly inkrī·s) /ˈɪnkriːs/, formerly/ɪnˈkriːs/. I. The action of increasing. 1. a. The action, process, or fact of becoming or making greater; augmentation, growth, enlargement, extension. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] waxingc1055 increasec1374 dilatationc1400 larging?a1425 magnification?a1425 bredingc1440 ampliation1509 enlarginga1513 dilating1532 ampliating1541 amplification1546 amplifying1553 propagation1563 enlargement1564 widening1569 growth1587 dilation1598 expatiation1612 diduction1634 expansion1635 extendinga1649 dispansion1658 elargement1680 expatiating1708 explicating1730 aggrandizement1772 extension1839 expanse1860 aggrandization1929 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 α. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1229 (1257) It nys but foly and encres of peyne. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 277 Sownyng alwey thencrees of his wynnyng. c1430 J. Lydgate in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 27 Is none so gret encrese Of worldly tresowre as for to lyve in pease. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biii Augmentacion and encrease of merite. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 144 As if increase Of appetite had growne by what it looked on. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 93. ⁋1 Opinions which the progress of his studies and the encrease of his knowledge oblige him to resign. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 139 Encres, or incres,..augmentacio.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 200 Incres of sorrow, sklander and evill name.1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xi. 19 As God gaue increase to his Church.1658 J. Playford Breif Introd. Skill Musick (new ed.) i. 20 The foure first are of Augmentation or Increase.1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 405 For Things of tender Kind, for Pleasure made Shoot up with swift Increase, and suddain are decay'd.1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 6 With increase of business came increase of expense. †b. spec. The rising of the tide, or of the waters of a river; the advance of daylight from sunrise to noon; the waxing of the moon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [noun] > rise in level of water increase1555 swelling1557 risea1602 flowing1642 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun] > period from sunrise to noon increase1555 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > rising or flowing in flood risinga1387 acker1440 increase1555 swelling1557 flow1583 tiding1593 float1594 afflux1603 flux1612 flowing1642 flood-tide1719 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > crescent moon > waxing springc1440 springing?1440 increase1555 increment1610 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119 They see the seas by increase and decrease, to flowe and reflowe. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 379 In the increase of the day, that is to saie, about nine or tenne a clocke in the morning. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 564 The Land of Egypt doth not onely owe the fertilitie, but herselfe also, unto the slimie encrease of Nilus. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §892 Seeds will grow soonest, And Haire, and Nailes, and Hedges, and Herbs, Cut, &c. will grow soonest, if they be Set, or Cut, in the Increase of the Moone. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. ii, in Occas. Refl. sig. E5^v Oysters, and other Shell-fish, are observ'd to thrive at the Increase of the Moon, though her Light be unattended with Heat. 2. The becoming more numerous or frequent; growth in numbers; multiplication. a. gen. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in quantity, number, or frequency multiplicationa1387 increase1390 multiplyingc1390 manifolding1892 proliferation1904 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 283 [Moab and Ammon], as it is founde, Cam afterward to great encres. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 42^v Deuise..how the encrease of them may encrease thy profite. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §13 We can have no reason to think, that..none of them [Sem's posterity] went further off, which necesity would put them upon because of their great increase. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 9 The encrease and progress of earthquakes. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 284 The increase of the people has been great in every part of the kingdom. b. spec. The multiplication of a family or race of people or animals; the production of offspring; reproduction, procreation, propagation, breeding. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] i-streonc893 strainc950 akennessOE spreadingOE upspringc1000 akenningOE akennednessOE strainc1175 streningc1230 begetc1330 begettingc1330 engendrurec1350 generationa1382 gettinga1382 genderingc1384 multiplicationa1387 increase1390 prolificationa1393 procreationc1395 engenderinga1400 gendrure?a1400 engendure?a1425 progeniturec1429 propagation?1440 teemingc1450 breeda1500 geniturea1500 engenderment1507 progeneration1548 fathering1549 engender1556 race1561 multiplying1599 pullulation1641 progermination1648 reproduction1713 face-making1785 baby-making1827 begettal1864 fertility1866 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 277 In whom was gete netheles Of worldes folk the first encres. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 66 Few men study the increse of [bestys and catayl]. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 272 Drie vp in hir the organs of increase . View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 3 Blest with Issue of a large Increase. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris 44 God made the woman for the man, And for the good and increase of the world. c. The fruitful multiplication of plants or crops. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > growth or vegetation thriftc1230 upgrowing1430 thrivage1610 vegetity1628 vigidity1628 vegetating1641 vegetation1665 increase1794 multiplication1849 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania (title page) The Richness of the Soil..the prodigious Encrease of Corn. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 79 Trees and plants derive their nourishment and increase. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlv. 68 The fruitful hours of still increase . View more context for this quotation 3. on the increase (in senses 1, 2): Increasing, becoming greater or more frequent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] on the increase1752 on the upgrade1892 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 51 The power of the crown..is rather on the encrease. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. viii. 141 Brandenburg was..always rather on the increase than otherwise. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 3/4 The use of the telephone is generally on the increase in most parts of the Continent. †4. spec. Growth in wealth, prosperity, honour, or influence; advancement, progress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] growingc1380 profitingc1384 increasec1385 bettering?c1425 progress1457 advancementc1475 service1533 progression1586 increment1609 upgrowinga1618 flowering1629 rise1676 development1756 evolution1796 march1818 headway1832 upgrowth1844 upbuilding1876 the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > becoming increasec1385 chevance1393 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1087 Al the worshippe and encres That I may goodly doon yow. 1450 Queen Margaret in Four C. Eng. Lett. 8 We, desiryng th' encres, furtherance, and preferring of oure said squire. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 63/2 To take vpon him y^e..gouernaunce of this realm, to y^e welth & encrease of the same. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 112 Upon some she bestowed honour, force, and increase. 1718 I. Watts Psalms of David cxxii The man that seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increse, A thousand blessings on him rest. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 57 It is manifest, we have not diminish'd in our Encrease by Foreign Trade, from 1688 to this Time. II. The result or product of increasing. 5. a. The result of increasing; an increased amount, addition, increment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase eke894 increasec1384 eking1393 augmentationc1452 superexcrescence1479 access1548 accrue1548 accession1551 increasement1561 ekementa1603 afflux1603 accruement1607 increment1631 rise1654 plusa1721 raise1729 swell1768 gain1851 step-up1922 upcurve1928 build-up1943 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ix. 11 By alle momentis his sorewis takynge encresis [L. augmenta]. a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 40 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 Kepe hit wiþ encrese. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Incres, incrementum. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 296 Thou wilt but adde encrease vnto my Wrath. View more context for this quotation 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) V. 494 The increase of expense occasioned by the increased subsidy to the Portuguese Government, and by the increase of our own army. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 69 Working men think that, when their wages are raised, the increase comes out of the pockets of their employers. b. (See increase v. 6b.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > processes involved in grafting1841 toeing1871 increase1872 knocking over1875 underlap1926 plating1937 knock-over1952 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > crochet > processes involved in increase1872 1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 607/1 The increasing and decreasing may..take place at the ends or in the middle of the work. In increasing in the middle, the increase is effected by taking up stitches. 1971 M. Hamilton-Hunt tr. Mon Tricot Knitting Dict. 20 An increase is the method of making an extra or supplementary stitch in the course of the work... The single increases are known as simple increases... Double increases are used for darts, etc. 6. Offspring, progeny, brood (of people or animals). Generally collective: also poetic, of an individual = Offspring, child. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] bairn830 childOE foodc1225 whelp?c1225 birtha1325 first-begottenc1384 conceptiona1398 impc1412 heir1413 foddera1425 fryc1480 collop?1518 increase1552 spawn1589 under-bougha1661 prognate1663 chickadee1860 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > offspring seedOE offspringOE begottena1325 birtha1325 issuea1325 burgeoninga1340 fruit of the loinsa1340 young onec1384 increasement1389 geta1400 gendera1425 procreation1461 progeniturec1487 engendera1500 propagation1536 feture1537 increase1552 breed1574 spawn1590 bowela1593 teeming1599 pullulation1641 prolifications1646 educt1677 produce1823 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > progeny or offspring bairn-teamc885 childeOE tudderc897 seedOE teamOE wastum971 offspringOE i-cundeOE fostera1175 i-streonc1175 strainc1175 brooda1300 begetc1300 barm-teamc1315 issuea1325 progenyc1330 fruit of the loinsa1340 bowel1382 young onec1384 suita1387 engendrurea1400 fruitinga1400 geta1400 birth?a1425 porturec1425 progenityc1450 bodyfauntc1460 generation1477 fryc1480 enfantement1483 infantment1483 blood issue1535 propagation1536 offspring1548 race1549 family?1552 increase1552 breed1574 begetting1611 sperm1641 bed1832 fruitage1850 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Increase of cattell, fœtura. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. ii. 33 And all the increase of thine house shall die in the floure of their age. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 118 My deere Wiues estimate, her wombes encrease. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 128 The two Rain-deers..as likewise their increase, which sometimes comes to a considerable number. 1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 9 Jove's Increase, who from his Brain was born. a1717 J. Addison tr. Ovid Metamorphoses in Wks. (1753) I. 199 Only five Of all the vast increase were left alive. 7. a. That which grows or is produced from the earth; vegetable produce, crops. Also formerly in plural (rare). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] wastumc888 tiltha1100 estrea1300 madder-cropc1300 gainage1390 cropa1400 yieldingc1405 emblement1495 burden?1523 increase1535 field-ware1546 gather1555 esplees1598 husbandrya1616 glebe1660 warea1661 récolte1669 tilling1680 tillage1681 stuffa1687 growing1722 bearing1747 raccolta1748 the crops1789 plant1832 raising1857 cropping1861 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvi[i]. 6 That the earth maye bringe forth hir increase. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xiv. 8 The trees gaue their frute and encreace. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcvii. sig. G The teeming Autumne big with ritch increase . View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 4 Beyond Roanoak are many Isles full of fruits and other Naturall increases. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 56 The Earth did not then teem forth its Encrease. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes i. 8 Abel brought as much of his encrease. b. transferred. That which breeds in. or is produced by, any region, as fish in the sea (cf. ‘the harvest of the deep’). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun] increase1559 standing crop1683 populace1742 population1803 abundance1898 biota1901 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. Aii Behold..the Seas with her merueilous increse. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 142 All the wild Encrease of Woods and Fields [i.e. birds], And who in Rocks aloof, and who in Steeples builds. c. (Chiefly figurative from 7). The product, result, or ‘fruit’ of any action; a literary production (quot. 1589); that which is obtained or gained, profit; interest on money. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > as the product of any action gain1496 increase1560 harvest1576 effect1604 income1635 the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > produce, yield, or return gettinga1382 increasingc1384 fruitc1450 increase1560 growth1580 increment1593 brood1600 return1614 produce1650 improvement1706 out-turn1801 bag1858 production1878 1560 Bible (Geneva) Lev. xxv. 37 Thou shalt not..lend him thy vitailes for increase. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. viii. 374 They doo [lose] their increase and their principall. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2^v George Peele..whose first encrease, the Arraignement of Paris, might plead to your opinions, his pregnant dexteritie of wit. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 All kinds of Flints..are hard to burn..because a great part of its increase goes away by a kind of Glass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). increasev. Brit. /ɪnˈkriːs/, /ɪŋˈkriːs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkris/, /ᵻŋˈkris/ Forms: α. Middle English encres(se, encrees(e, encreesse, encresce, Middle English–1500s encrese, encrece, (Middle English encresche), Middle English–1500s encreace, 1500s encreas, (1600s past participle encrest), Middle English–1800s encrease. β. Middle English incresse, increasse, Middle English–1500s increse, (Scottish) incress, Middle English (1500s Scottish) incres, 1500s increace, (Scottish) incresce, 1500s– increase. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman encres-, encress- (inflected encresse , encressent ) = Old French encreis(s)- , stem of encreistre , later encroistre < Latin incrēscĕre to increase, < in- (in- prefix³) + crēscĕre to grow. In later use, the prefix is assimilated to Latin; the ea represents Middle English open ē. I. Intransitive senses. 1. To become greater in size, amount, duration, or degree; to be enlarged, extended, or intensified; to wax, grow. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] forthwaxa900 wax971 growOE risec1175 anhigh1340 upwax1340 creasec1380 increasec1380 accreasea1382 augmenta1400 greata1400 mountc1400 morec1425 upgrowc1430 to run up1447 swell?c1450 add1533 accresce1535 gross1548 to get (a) head1577 amount1583 bolla1586 accrue1586 improve1638 aggrandize1647 accumulate1757 raise1761 heighten1803 replenish1814 to turn up1974 α. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 19 Goostly feeste shulde encreese. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 50 The Poo..That Estward ay encresseth in his cours. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. lxiii Þe more þe fatnes encreseþ and waxiþ. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 958 Þer glory & blysse schal euer encres. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 48 Still his power increaseth . View more context for this quotation 1628 W. Mure tr. R. Boyd Spirituall Hymne 101 Without thee, Lord,..Heaven's glorious courts had neere encrest [rhymes blest, invest, prest, rest, addrest]. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 75 In..mines..the cold seems to encrease from the mouth as we descend. 1825 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 3 As the danger of the queen encreased. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Increse, or grow or wax more.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 77 Thare comforth shall euer increasse [rhymes peasse, seasse, measse].a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. G.j In case this strife increace.1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 83 Quhilk ay incressis moir and moir.1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 As corruption increased in the world.1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 Drowsiness, increasing till it ends in sound Sleep.1864 Ld. Tennyson Victim iii His beauty still with his years increased. 2. To grow in numbers, become more numerous or frequent, to multiply; esp. by propagation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in amount, number, or frequency waxc897 increasec1315 multiplyc1330 spawnc1400 breed1600 propagate1653 proliferate1915 α. c1315 Shoreham 72 No stren may non encressy Wythoute flesches loste. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 389 And bad euery creature in his kynde encrees. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDviii Many small grayns of corne may growe and encrease to fyll a great garner. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 557 Hypocrites encrease. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 3 The..Burials encreased. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 4 Materials have encreased on my hands. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 590/2 It is a straunge thynge that one grayne shulde increase thurty.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh5 The mighty word,..That bad them to increase and multiply.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 748 Our Maker bids increase, who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man? View more context for this quotation1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxxix. 132 He feels no joy, his cares increase.1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxvi. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 98 And watch her harvest ripen, her herd increase. 3. To become greater in some specified quality or respect; to grow or advance in. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in some specific respect increase1388 largec1475 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xvi. 5 The chirches..encreseden in noumbre eche dai. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. f.i^v Dayly encreasynge, in worshyp and renowne. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke ii. f. lxxvj^v Iesus increased in wisdom and age, and in favoure with god and man. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 146 Lat vs incres in lufe of the. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §12 Daily increasing in numbers and power. 1814 A. O'Keeffe Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra II. 112 He became subject to His parents and encreased in stature and in wisdom. 1871 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 1st Ser. (1872) 100 In wit and wealth do I increase. 4. In pregnant sense: To advance in wealth, fortune, power, influence, etc.; to grow richer, more prosperous, or more powerful; to thrive more and more; to prosper. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > be rich [verb (intransitive)] > become rich gather?c1225 richa1375 purchasec1387 increasea1425 enrich1525 to feather one's nest1583 to make a, one's fortune1596 to make one's fortunea1616 fatten1638 accumulate1747 to fill one's pipe1821 to shake the pagoda-tree1825 pyramid1926 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank wax971 climba1240 forthgoa1325 arise1340 risec1390 increasea1425 to come upa1475 raise1490 clamber1576 to make one's way1579 grow1622 to get on (also up) in the world1791 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxv. 29 To euery man that hath me schal ȝyue, and he schal encreese. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij a She shall encrece myghtely. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxiij He must increace: And I muste decreace. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 208 He cannot but encrease mainely. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 198 I began to encrease Visibly; I had a large Quantity of Land Cur'd. 5. Latin Grammar. Of a noun or adjective: To have one syllable more in the genitive than in the nominative; the word is said to increase short or long according as the vowel of this syllable (i.e. the last syllable of the stem, preceding the case-ending) is short or long. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > have case [verb (intransitive)] > increase in genitive increase1612 1612 [implied in: J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ix. 139 Puer pueri, is a graue increaser; and therefore of the Masculine Gender. (at increaser n. 4)]. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 8 Such [nouns of third declension] as increase not in the Genitive are generally Feminin, as Nubes nubis. 1871 Pub. School Latin Primer §29. 14 Merces, merges, quies, seges, Though their Genitives increase. 1875 W. Smith Smaller Lat. Gram. §144. 84 Es increasing short in Genitive. II. Transitive senses. 6. a. To cause to wax or grow; to make greater in amount or degree; to augment, enlarge, extend, intensify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] echeOE ekec1200 multiplya1275 morea1300 increase13.. vaunce1303 enlargec1380 augmenta1400 accrease1402 alargea1425 amply?a1425 great?1440 hainc1440 creasec1475 grow1481 amplea1500 to get upa1500 improve1509 ampliatea1513 auge1542 over1546 amplify1549 raise1583 grand1602 swell1602 magnoperate1610 greaten1613 accresce1626 aggrandize1638 majoratea1651 adauge1657 protend1659 reinforce1660 examplify1677 pluralize1750 to drive up1817 to whoop up1856 to jack up1884 upbuild1890 steepen1909 up1934 α. 13.. K. Alis. 1437 His ost he encresed with six thousynd Of noble knyghtis. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 457 And yet encresseth this al my penaunce. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xxv. sig. Fiij/2 Ryches encreaseth auaryce in a couetous man as drinke encreseth thurst in a man that hathe the dropesie. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 33^v It encreaseth my sorrowe and thy shame. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxv. 16 Thou shalt encrease the price thereof. View more context for this quotation 1755 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 5) 55 It may be encreas'd or lessen'd according to the Strength of the Patient. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 37 The combustion will proceed with a splendour much encreased. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/1 Incresyn, or moryn, augeo.c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xxxii. 326 Now is my care wel more incressyd! [rhyme dressyd].a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) Prol. sig. A.ij Mirth increaseth amitie.1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. i. 18 Hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. View more context for this quotation1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 262 Such things as increase its Velocity.1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 73 Wages are increased by increasing the produce of labour, not by decreasing the produce. b. (See quot. 1957.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > knit > processes involved in purla1825 rib1837 to cast on1840 increase1840 slip1840 turn1846 toe1856 to knock over1875 to cast off1880 land1885 rep1951 raschel1970 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > crochet > processes involved in increase1840 1840 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant 96 Increase a stitch on each wire, by knitting the last stitch in the common way; knit it again from the back part of the loop (this is the way to increase without making a hole). 1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 607/1 The increasing and decreasing may..take place at the ends or in the middle of the work. In increasing in the middle, the increase is effected by taking up stitches. 1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress iii. 60 They..had to take off all the stitches and unravel back to where they ought to have begun increasing and pick up all the stitches again. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 182/2 Increase, in knitting, crocheting, tatting, etc., to add to number of stitches in row, pattern, or round so as to enlarge the piece. 1971 Vogue's Guide to Crochet 14 Increasing a stitch means adding a stitch, and decreasing a stitch means losing it. 1971 Vogue's Guide to Crochet 14 Care must be taken not to decrease or increase in such a way as to leave an uneven edge. 7. a. To make more numerous, augment the number of, multiply. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase in amount, number, or frequency manifoldeOE multiplya1275 increase1382 plurify?a1425 advance1576 propagate1591 vie1605 mass-produce1923 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ecclus. I. 24 That encreside oure daȝes fro the wombe of oure moder. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋774 Sweete wordes multiplien and encreesen [v.r. encrescen] freendes. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Letany sig. .vii Encrease the fruites of the yearth. 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xxix. 6 Take ye wiues..that ye may bee increased there. View more context for this quotation 1788 W. Cowper Negro's Compl. i To increase a stranger's treasures. †b. To make fruitful; to cause to yield increase. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > render productive [verb (transitive)] fertile1628 fecundatea1631 impregnate1667 increase1697 fecundize1828 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 50 Come all ye Gods and Goddesses, that wear The rural Honours, and increase the Year. View more context for this quotation 8. To make greater in some specified quality or respect. Const. in, also formerly with. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > in some specific respect increase1421 upsize1978 1421 H. Luttrell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 86 I pray unto God of hys grace encresce ȝow in worship, prosperite, and perfit ioye. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. iii. 17 Thou sayst thou arte riche and incresyd with gooddes, and haste nede off nothinge. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 203 Believe a Friend, with thrice your Years increas'd. 9. In pregnant sense: To make more wealthy, prosperous, or powerful; to enrich or advance; to cause to thrive; to promote. Obsolete or archaic (cf. increaser n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > accumulate wealth [verb (transitive)] > make rich i-wealyOE to bring (a person) in or to (his) warison1297 richc1350 increasec1380 enrich1382 enrichessec1430 make1460 enwealthy1594 divitiate?1623 munificate1623 felicitate1638 imburse1641 peculiate1656 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 fremeOE filsenc1175 fosterc1175 speeda1240 theec1250 advancec1300 upraisea1340 increasec1380 forthbearc1400 exploit?a1439 aid1502 to set forward(s)1530 farther1570 facilite1585 to set forthward1588 forward1598 facilitate1599 accommodate1611 succeed1613 bespeed1615 to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632 subserve1645 push1758 support1779 leg up1817 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 369 Þe clergy in alle þese poyntis ben encresyd. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 5 His mortalle foon to oppressen and bere adoune, And him to encresin as Cristis champion. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus To Gentlem. Eng. Cicero..increased the latine tounge after an other sorte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. v. 225 This peace is nothing, but to rust Iron, encrease Taylors, and breed Ballad-makers. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374v.13..
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