mindmap root((增大)) increase used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensity: his waistline ~d with age; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition: ~d her land holdings. enlarge implies an expanding or extending that makes something greater in size or capacity: ~d the restaurant to its present capacity. augment implies an addition in size, extent, number, or intensity to what is ALREADY well grown or well developed: an inheritance that only ~ed his fortune. multiply implies increase in number by natural generation, by splitting, or by indefinite repetition of a process: with each tampering the problem ~ied.