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     #35.  Increase. —­ N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension;
dilatation &c. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c. 305; exaggeration, exacerbation; spread &c. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit. 
     V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate &c. (expand) 194; grow,
wax, get ahead, gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c. 305; sprout &c. 194.
     aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify,
enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino[Lat], superadd &c. (add) 37[obs3]; spread &c. (disperse) 73. 
     Adj. increased &c. v.; on the increase, undiminished; additional &c.
(added) 37. 
     Adv. crescendo. 
     Phr. vires acquirit eundo [Lat][Vergil].

     #36.  Nonincrease, Decrease. —­ N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c.
v.; subtraction &c. 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c. (contraction.) 195; coarctation|; abridgment &c. (shortening) 201; extenuation.
     subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent &c. 306; decrement,
reflux, depreciation; deterioration &c. 659; anticlimax; mitigation &c. (moderation) 174. 
     V. decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge &c. (shorten) 201; shrink &c.
(contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend &c. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.
     bate, abate, dequantitate|; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower,
weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate &c. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce &c. 195; shorten &c. 201; subtract &c. 38.  Adj. unincreased &c. (see increase &c.35)[obs3]; decreased &c. v.; decreasing &c. v.; on the wane &c. n. 
     Phr. “a gilded halo hovering round decay” [Byron]; “fine by degrees
and beautifully less” [Prior].

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     #37.  Addition. —­ N. addition, annexation, adjection[obs3]; junction
&c. 43; superposition, superaddition, superjunction[obs3], superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase &c. 35; increment, supplement; accompaniment &c. 88; interposition &c. 228; insertion &c. 300. 
     V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on,
saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft[obs3]; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce &c. (interpose) 228; insert &c. 300. become added, accrue; advene[obs3], supervene.
     reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen[obs3]; swell the ranks of; augment
&c. 35. 
     Adj. added &c. v.; additional; supplemental, supplementary;
suppletory[obs3], subjunctive; adjectitious[obs3],