English

Noun

increasement ‎(plural increasements)

1. (rare) An increase; growth.
2. (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

Related terms

• decreasement

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.