Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN'CRE-MENT
IN'CRE-MENT, n. [L. incrementum, from incresco. See Increase.]
- Increase; a growing in bulk, quantity, number, value or amount; augmentation.
- Produce; production.
- Matter added; increase.
- In mathematics, the quantity by which a variable quantity increases; a differential quantity.
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