Meanings
nounincreasement (countable and uncountable, plural increasements)
plural increasements
- countablerareuncountableAn increment; an addition; augmentation.
... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent
1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2
Origin
- Middle Englishencresement
- Englishincreasement
From Middle English encresement; equivalent to increase + -ment.
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