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English
Etymology
From Middle English encresement; equivalent to increase + -ment.
Noun
increasement (countable and uncountable, plural increasements)
- (rare) An increase; growth.
- (rare) An increment; an addition; augmentation.
1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent
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