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To increase to the highest degree. Bentham.

INCREASE
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases. Increasing function , a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished. Syn. -- To enlarge;
INCREASEMENT
Increase. Bacon.
BENTHAMIC
Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.
BENTHAMITE
One who believes in Benthamism.
DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third
INCREASER
One who, or that, increases.
BENTHAMISM
That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only
INCREASEFUL
Full of increase; abundant in produce. "Increaseful crops." Shak.
REINCREASE
To increase again.