To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.
Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
To multiply a quantity of seed by planting it rearing the plants that grow from it and harvesting the seeds they produce. The seeds resulting from this process are called an increase.
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
The sowing and growing out of seed from a given source for the purpose of creating a larger volume of seed.
To become larger in size or quantity.