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Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.

ouches preparatory to a leap. -- To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with increasing speed.

ge piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. -- Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. -- Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. -- Grand stand, the…

ives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.

under Bill. -- Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine. -- Health officer, one charged with the enforcement…

Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. J. Gregory. Letters of horning (Scots Law), the process or authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith. Mozley & W.

Growing warm; increasing in heat.

production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. Fishes are more numerous of increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. Sir M. Hale.

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. The seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies. Woodward. A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than its…

Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging. Between the incresent and decrescent moon. Tennyson.

To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.

g to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability.

cases by therapy with a combination of antibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing.

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

The act or process of increasing to the highest degree. Bentham.

The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.

g, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.

The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation. The increase and multiplication of the world. Thackeray.