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increase

/ɪnˈkɹiːs/ verbo A2

En español: aumentar, subir, incrementar, amochiguar

  1. (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. (intransitive) · His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
  2. To make (a quantity, etc.) larger. (transitive)
  3. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
  4. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax. (intransitive) · The Moon increases.

He/she/it increases · Pasado increased · Participio pasado increased · Forma en -ing increasing

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De la biblioteca

Reynolds’ respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this intimation of her knowing her master.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 275 · B2
Hated, as their age increases,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 9 · C1
Elizabeth thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonishment as the housekeeper added, “I have never had a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 277 · B2
The Ass, again playing the fool, fell down on purpose when he reached the stream, but the sponges became swollen with water, greatly increasing his load.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 20 · B2

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