Word Finder - increased

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(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

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His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.

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To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

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To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

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To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

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The Moon increases.

Xander's pacing increased with his agitation.

Quinn, who remained silent most of the morning, showed increased interest.

In fact, getting to know him better had only increased it.

It increased, the sensation of frying from the inside out.

Fear increased her pulse.

Had anyone else been that close, she would have felt her space was being invaded, but in this case the smell of his cologne and his close proximity increased her pulse.

The hand pushing against his side was covered in warm blood, and Lana's panic increased as Brady's body began to relax.

In revolving cranes ease of slewing can be greatly increased by the use of a live ring of conical rollers.

An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated.

The feel of his warm hand on her waist increased her pulse.

The churning in his stomach increased as the hours passed.

In spite of her resolve to purge the fear from the living room, it increased until it threatened to take over the entire house.

A successful well in Marion county, near Mannington, far from the region of the earlier wells, was drilled in 1889, and the output of the state increased from 119,448 bbls.

In 1892 the frozen mutton exported was 25,500 tons, and this had increased in 1901 to 63,013 tons.

Congress, however, had now got their opportunity, and they used the time of national stress to bring increased pressure to bear upon the president.

Iron.The iron-mines of France are more numerous than its coalmines, but they do not yield a sufficient quantity of ore for the needs of the metallurgical industries of the country; as will be seen in the table below the production of iron in France gradually increased during the 19th century; on the other hand, a decline in prices operated against a correspondingly marked increase in its annual value.

The total value of the produce of fisheries increased from 4,537,000 in 1892 to f5,259,000 in 1902.

Public Debt.The national debt of France is the heaviest of any country in the world., Its foundation was laid early in the 15th century, and the continuous wars of succeeding centuries, combined with the extravagance of the monarchs, as well as deliberate disregard of financial and economic conditions, increased it at an alarming rate.

Commerce.The value of the external trade of the French possessions, exclusive of Algeria and Tunisia, increased in the ten years 1896-1905 from 18,784,060 to 34,957,479.

The total value of Winston's factory products increased from $4,887,649 in 1900 to $11,353,296 in 1905, or 132.3%.

His principal fault was a want of tenacity and resolution; his tendency to unguarded language undoubtedly increased the number of his enemies.

In 1891 its urban population was computed to be 72,429, which in 1904 was estimated to have increased to about 90,000.

The village of Siloam has also increased in size, and the western slopes of Olivet are being covered with churches, monasteries and houses.

Little effort has been made to meet the increased sanitary requirements of the larger population and wider inhabited area.

During the pilgrimage season it is increased by about 15,000 travellers and pilgrims.

As most of the records appealed to are from temple archives, it may be expected that the Sabbath days would show an increased number of records.

When the cross traverse motion of a traveller crab is suppressed, and the longitudinal travelling motion is increased in importance we come to a type of crane, the use of which is rapidly increasing; it goes by the name of " transporter."

It is important to observe that the risk is in no way obviated by the increasing slack paid out, except in so far as the amount of sliding which the strength of the cable is able to produce at the points of contact with the ground may be thereby increased.

In the period from 1855 to 1868 the number of messages carried annually by all the telegraph companies of the United Kingdom increased from 1,017,529 to 5,781,989, or an average annual increase of 16.36 per cent.

Over the course of history, the division of labor has increased human productivity immensely.

But during the night the fury of the wind increased to such a degree that it thrilled us with a vague terror.

Matters improved considerably under Charles Emmanuel III., in whose reign of forty-three years (1730-1773) the prosperity of the island was much increased.

From 1811 to 1818 Lord Selkirk's attempted colonization greatly increased the population; from the time of his failure till 1869 the settlers lived quietly under the mild rule of the Hudson's Bay Company.

As followers rapidly increased they were compelled to hold their own Sunday services, and this naturally led them to appoint as preachers godly laymen possessing the gift of exhortation.

Meanwhile Jowett's influence at Oxford had steadily increased.

The 'eighties were notable for great real estate activity, and the population of the city increased 199.5% from 1880 to 1890.

Since the state endowment ceased the average income of ministers from their congregations has considerably increased.

The synod increased the number of its churches by a large accession from New York and from New Jersey, where there had been large Presbyterian settlements.

Friction was increased by a contest between Gilbert Tennent and his friends, who favoured Whitefield and his revival measures, and Robert Cross (1689-1766), pastor at Jamaica in 1723-1758, and his friends.

The union was not perfect; the presbytery of Donegal was for three years in revolt against the synod; and in 1762 a second presbytery of Philadelphia was formed; but the strength of the synod increased rapidly and at the outbreak of the War of Independence it had 11 presbyteries and 132 ministers.

The doctrinal differences came to a head in the trials of George Duffield (1832), Lyman Beecher (1835) and Albert Barnes (1836) which, however, resulted in the acquittal of the accused, but which increased friction and ill feeling.

During the first half of the 19th century civil war and despotic government seriously restricted the natural growth of the country, but since the definite organization of the republic in 1860 and the settlement of disturbing political controversies, the population had increased rapidly.

The census of 1895 increased this total to 3,954,9 11, exclusive of wild Indians and a percentage for omissions customarily used in South American census returns.

In 1904 official estimates, based on immigration and emigration returns and upon registered births and deaths, both of which are admittedly defective, showed a population increased to 5,410,028, and a small diminution in the rate of annual increase from 1895 to 1904 as compared with 18.69-1895.

In 1902 the total length of wires strung was 28,125 m.; in 1906 it had been increased to 34,080 m.

The exports, which are almost wholly of agricultural and pastoral products, increased from $103,219,000 in 1891 to $322,843,841 in 1905.

The collection of a part of the import duties in gold has served to give the government the gold it requires for certain expenditures, but it has complicated returns and accounts and increased the burden of taxation.

During this period the bank-note circulation was increased to $161,700,000, and two mortgage banks - the National Hypothecary Bank and the Provincial Mortgage Bank (of Buenos Aires) - flooded the country with $509,000,000 of cedulas (hypothecary bonds).

By this time the duchy had increased considerably in extent, but petty wars with the other Saxon princes combined with the extravagance of the court and the desolation caused by the Seven Years' War to plunge it into distress and bankruptcy.

But Philip's preparations were now complete, and Alva set out from Italy at the head of a force of some io,000 veteran troops, Spaniards and Italians, afterwards increased by a body of Germans, with which, after marching through Burgundy, Lorraine and Luxemburg, he reached the Netherlands (August 8), and made his entry into Brussels a fortnight later.