Definitions
1.nounThe action of increasing or becoming greater.
2.nounThe waxing of the moon.
3.nounThe amount of increase.
4.nounAn amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, [...] think on these things."
5.nounThe amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
6.noun(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
7.verbTo increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.