increasement

noun — 2 senses

increasement

noun

Etymology From Middle English encresement; equivalent to increase + -ment.

1

Rare An increase; growth.

2

Rare An increment; an addition; augmentation.

... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:

Related terms: decreasement

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