The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
The amount of increase.
The waxing of the moon.
An 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."
A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.