Increase [In'krI:s] - увеличивать(ся); возрастать, расти; усиливать(ся)

• The wind was already strong, and increased with the decline of day. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• The resources of the colony, particularly in vegetables and corn, increased from day to day, and the plants brought from Tabor Island had succeeded perfectly. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• The opening among the stones and grass was then increased, thus producing a strong fall at the bottom of the passage, the overflow from which escaped by the inner well.The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• The granite cliff also gradually increased in height, and only the green tops of the trees which crowned it could be seen. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• The first attempts were somewhat crude, but in consequence of the cleverness and intelligence of the workmen, by consulting, and recalling the models which they had seen, and by emulating each other, the possessions of the colony were soon increased by several baskets of different sizes. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• The engineer had observed that it was increased by numerous affluents, but they were unnavigable, being simply little streams. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• Outside, as the night advanced, the tempest also increased in strength, until it was equal to that which had carried the prisoners from Richmond to this land in the Pacific. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• Meanwhile as the sun slowly advanced, the shadow slowly diminished, and when it appeared to Cyrus Harding that it was beginning to increase, he asked, "What o'clock is it?" The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• In fact, if the brig was still fit to navigate, the colonists' chances of returning to their native land were singularly increased. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• He found, a hundred feet off, a limpid stream, which seemed to have been greatly increased by the rains, and which filtered through the sand; The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• Gideon Spilett said no more, and soon, in spite of the explosions of the volcano, whose intensity increased, and which were repeated by the echoes of the island, the inhabitants of Granite House were sleeping soundly. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• From that day the smoke never disappeared from the top of the mountain, and it could even be perceived that it increased in height and thickness, without any flame mingling in its heavy volumes. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
• Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau, which they wished to reach so as to establish there an encampment for the night, but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe. The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.