increase (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. incrēmentum2. auctus, ūs (infreq.)3. augmentum (late)4. accrētio (the act of increasing) • increase (subs.): 1. incrēmentum: to cause an i. in anything, alicui rei inc. afferre, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 88: to make rapid i., ingentibus augescere inc., cf. Liv. 27, 17: to be always on the i., semper in inc. esse, Curt. 9, 3, med. 2. auctus, ūs (infreq.): to make very rapid i., maximis auc. crescere, Liv. 4, 2, init. 3. augmentum (late): neither i. nor decrease, neque aug. neque deminutio, Ulp. Dig. 2, 13, 8. 4. accrētio (the act of increasing): opp. to deminutio, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68.