increase (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. augeo, xi, ctum, 22. multiplĭco, 1 (strictly, to i. many-fold; to i. greatly)3. amplĭfĭco, 1 (to i. on a large scale; render extensive or distinguished)4. amplio, 1 (rare in this sense in good authors5. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3II. Intrans.1. cresco, vi, tum, 32. augesco, 3 (not in Cic. in this sense3. glisco, 3 (to i. insensibly, and at the same time rapidly4. crēbresco, incrēbresco (-besco), bui, 3 (strictly, to i. in numbers or frequency; of the wind)5. may sometimes be expr. by an inceptive verb • increase (subs.): I. Trans.: 1. augeo, xi, ctum, 2: to i. wealth, copias, facultates a., Cic.: the suspicions of the Gauls are i.d, Gallis augetur suspicio, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: Ter. 2. multiplĭco, 1 (strictly, to i. many-fold; to i. greatly): debts were immensely i.d in those two years, aes alienum eo biennio multiplicatum est, Caes. B. C. 3, 32: to i. the dominions of Eumenes, regnum Eumenis m., Liv. 37, 54, med. 3. amplĭfĭco, 1 (to i. on a large scale; render extensive or distinguished): cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 12, augere opes, amplificare divitias: to i. (extend) any one's influence, auctoritatem alicujus a., Caes. B. G. 2, 14. 4. amplio, 1 (rare in this sense in good authors: in Cic. = to adjourn): to i. one's wealth, a. rem, Hor. S. 1, 4, 32. cf. to enlarge. 5. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3: to i. the price of things, (rerum) pretia ex., Suet. Cal. 39: Just.: v. to extend. See also to heighten (fig.). II. Intrans.: 1. cresco, vi, tum, 3: the love of money i.s, c. amor nummi, Juv.: the resources and courage of the enemy had i.'d, hostium opes animique creverant, Cic.: Sall.: Liv. In same sense, incresco (infreq.): Liv. 1, 33: Virg. 2. augesco, 3 (not in Cic. in this sense: v. to grow): the courage of the rest i.s, ceteris animi augescunt, Sall. Jug. 34: to i. so fast, tantis augescere incrementis, Liv. 27, 17 (cf. id. 4, 2, init. maximis auctibus crescere): Ter.: Tac. (N.B.--The passive of augeo may be employed as reflect.; and augeo itself is sometimes used intrans., esp. in perf. tenses: the greatness of the Roman people had i.d by clemency, ignoscendo P. R. magnitudinem auxisse, Sall. Or. Phil.: Lucr.) 3. glisco, 3 (to i. insensibly, and at the same time rapidly: chiefly poet. or in late writers): ill-feeling, spontaneously i.ing, invidia sua sponte gliscente, Liv. 2, 23, init.: servility i.-ing, gliscente adulatione, Tac. Ann. 1, 1: Sil. 4. crēbresco, incrēbresco (-besco), bui, 3 (strictly, to i. in numbers or frequency; of the wind): the wished-for gales i., cr. optatae aurae, Virg. Aen. 3, 530: so, ventus increbrescit, Cic. Fam. 7, 29, extr. 5. may sometimes be expr. by an inceptive verb: to i. in loudness, clarescere; in brightness, splendescere; in sweetness, dulcescere; in strength, convalescere; in weight or seriousness, ingravescere: where see loud, bright, sweet, etc.