increa'se sb. (3 freq. in “earth's increase”）
1.
reproduction,
procreation
Lr. I. iv. 303
“Dry up in her the
organs of increase.”
2.
offspring, progeny
R3 IV. iv. 298, V. iv. 51 [v. 38],
Cor. III. iii. 112
“her womb's ,”
Tit. V. ii. 192.
3.
multiplication of
crops, &c., produce
Tp. IV. i. 110
“Earth's ,”
MND. II. i. 114,
3H6 II. ii. 164
“thy summer bred us no
,”
Ven. 169, Sonn. xcvii.
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