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Adjective: increased  `in'kreest
  1. Made greater in size or amount or degree
Verb: increase  in'krees
  1. Become bigger or greater in amount
    "The amount of work increased"
     
  2. Make bigger or more
    "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

See also: accrued, accumulated, augmented, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated, magnified, multiplied, raised, redoubled

Type of: alter, change, change magnitude, modify

Antonym: decrease, decreased