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51decrease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Diminution Nouns 1. (decrease in amount) decrease, diminution; lessening, subtraction (see deduction); reduction, abatement; shrinking, contraction, extenuation; cut back, discount. See shortness. 2.… …
52increase — {{11}}increase (n.) late 14c., action of increasing; results of an increasing, from INCREASE (Cf. increase) (v.). {{12}}increase (v.) early 14c., become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge, from Anglo Fr. encress , O.Fr. encreiss …
53raise — [rāz] vt. raised, raising [ME raisen < ON reisa, caus. of risa, to RISE] 1. a) to cause to rise; move to a higher level; lift; elevate b) to bring to or place in an upright position 2. to construct or erect (a building, etc.) …
54clone — clonal, adj. clonally, adv. cloner, n. /klohn/, n., v., cloned, cloning. n. 1. Biol. a. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. b. a population of id …
55proliferate — To grow and increase in number by means of reproduction of similar forms. [L. proles, offspring, + fero, to bear] * * * pro·lif·er·ate prə lif ə .rāt vb, at·ed; at·ing vi to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring vt to… …
56diminish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lessen, reduce, shrink, abridge; wane, dwindle, peter out, decrease.See littleness, contraction.Ant., increase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grow less] Syn. decrease, wane, abate, decline; see decrease 1 …
57taper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. narrow; come to a point; lessen, slacken, slack off, diminish. n. candle, light; pyramid, cone, spire, etc. See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. narrow, lessen, thin out, thin down, reduce, whittle …
58wax — {{11}}wax (n.) substance made by bees, O.E. weax, from P.Gmc. *wakhsan (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. wahs, O.N. vax, Du. was, Ger. Wachs); cognate with O.C.S. vasku, Lith. vaЕЎkas, Pol. wosk, Rus. vosk wax (but these may be from Gmc.). Waxworks …
59proliferate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: back formation from proliferation, from French prolifération, from proliférer to proliferate, from prolifère reproducing freely, from Latin proles + fer ferous Date: 1873 intransitive verb 1. to grow by rapid… …
60let up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cease, release, slow down; see slow 1 , stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away… …
