vi progeny; issue; offspring.
2. increase ·vi generation.
3. increase ·vi to multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
4. increase ·vi the period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing;
said of the moon.
5. increase ·vi that which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
6. increase ·vi to become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
7. increase ·vi addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, ·etc.; augmentation; growth.
8. increase ·vi 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.
9. increase ·vt 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.