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increase
English
Alternative forms
- encrease (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English increse, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of incresc?, from in (“in, on”) + cresc? (“grow”).
The verb is from Middle English incresen, encresen.
Pronunciation
- (verb): enPR: ?nkr?s?, IPA(key): /?n?k?i?s/
- (noun): enPR: ?n?kr?s, IPA(key): /??nk?i?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Hyphenation: in?crease
Verb
increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
- The waters increased and bare up the ark.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Synonyms
- (become larger): wax, go up, grow, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
- (make larger): increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment
- (multiply by production of young): proliferate, propagate, teem
- (to show more of the surface): wax
Antonyms
- (become larger): decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
- (make larger): cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish
- (multiply by production of young):
- (to show more of the surface): wane
Derived terms
- increasable
- Increase
Translations
Noun
increase (countable and uncountable, plural increases)
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- She says an increase in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
- Offspring, progeny
- (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Synonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is increased): gain, increment, raise (US, said of pay), rise; See also Thesaurus:adjunct or Thesaurus:acquisition
- (act or process of becoming larger): enlargement, expansion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
Antonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is increased): cut, decrease, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (act or process of becoming larger): decline, decrease, diminishment; See also Thesaurus:diminution
Translations
Further reading
- increase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- increase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- increase at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Cairenes, Ceresian, cerasine, resiance
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beget
English
Etymology
From Middle English begeten, bi?eten, from Old English be?ietan (“to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize, happen, beget”), [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")] from Proto-Germanic *bigetan? (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- +? get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bi???t/, /b????t/, /b????t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past begot or (archaic) begat, past participle begotten or (rare) begot) (transitive)
- To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- 2003, William H. Frist, Shirley Wilson, Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 110:
- I believe good people beget good people. If you marry the right person, then you will have good children. But everywhere else in life, too, good people beget good people. In your work, when you hire good people, they, in turn, will hire good ...
- 2003, William H. Frist, Shirley Wilson, Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 110:
- To cause; to produce.
- To bring forth.
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:
- If there bee neuer a Seruant-mon?ter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ?ayes ; nor a ne?t of Antiques ? ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like tho?e that beget Tales, Tempe?ts, and ?uch like Drolleries, […]
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:
- (Britain dialectal) To happen to; befall.
Derived terms
- begetter
- begetting
- begotten
Related terms
- begettal, ill-begotten, misbegotten, unbegot, unbegotten, forebegotten
Translations
See also
- sire
References
- beget in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- beget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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