increased

Verb

increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)

1. (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
   • His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
2. (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
   • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013

   Synonyms:

   increment

3. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
   • Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

   Synonyms:

   proliferate, propagate, teem

4. (intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
   • The Moon increases.

   Synonyms:

   wax

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