That waxes, grows, or increases.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] (97) waxing1297 That waxes, grows, or increases. multiplyinga1400 Becoming more numerous, causing something to become more numerous; breeding, proliferating. †multiplying of: tending to cause to multiply or… augmentive1483 Having the property of increasing or adding to something; characterized by augmentation; = augmentative, adj. (in various senses). breeding1552 That breeds: see the verb. crescent1568 Growing, increasing, developing. (Often with some allusion to the moon.) growingc1587 That grows, in senses of the verb. (Also with up.) growing pay, growing wages (see quot. 1867). enhancinga1592 That enhances. creasing1592 Increasing; yielding increase. teeming1597 Abundantly productive; fertile, prolific. increasing1600 That increases; growing, augmenting, enlarging, etc.: see the verb. Esp. in law of increasing return(s): the observed fact that in certain… auctive1634 Characterized by increase or growth. echinga1644 That increases. In quot. 1644, that increases speed, is quickened; cf. eche, v. 3b. multiplicating1661 Multiplying. gliscent1669 Increasing. enlarging1694 That enlarges, in various senses. augmenting1745 That becomes greater in number, size, or degree; increasing, growing, intensifying. swelling1854 Becoming greater in amount, increasing, growing; loosely, great in amount, full, abundant. rare. Subcategories:— not (1) — able to (1) — tending to increase something (4) — indicating increase (1) — increased (23) — before increase (1) — increasing in intensity or degree (18) — increased in scope (1) — increased by specific proportion (7) — increasing to highest degree (5) — relating to increase in scale (1) — increasing continuously (2) — increasing progressively (5) — increasing rapidly or sharply (7) — increasing or increased to excess (3) |
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