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 become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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.
Progeny; issue; offspring.
Generation.
The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; - said of the moon.
To disprove or make void; to refute.
To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.
To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one’s time; to improve his means.
To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; - said with reference to what is bad.
To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.
