Etymology

increasing

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increasing · adjective, verb1

From increase + -ing (participial suffix).

increasing · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromencresing
  2. English todayincreasing

From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).

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