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50 INCREASE—DECREASE CLASS I.

overbalance, overweigli, over- Least, smallest, minutest, etc.,
shadow, outdo; render larger, lowest.
magnify (104). ( Phrases ). Weighed in the

( Phrases ). To have the advan - balance and found wanting; not
tage of ; have the pull of ; turn fit to hold a candle to.

the scale; beat hollow; take the ( Adverbs ). Less, under or be -
shine out of ; throw into the low the mark, below par, at
shade; to be a cut above. the bottom of the scale, at a low

( Adjectives ). Superior, greater, ebb, short of, at a disadvantage.
major, higher, surpassing, exceed -
ing, excelling, passing, ultra,

vaulting, transcending, un -
equalled, unparalleled, without
parallel, sans pareil.

Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, pre-eminent, sove-

reign, culminating, superlative, topmost, top- hole, highest,
first-rate, champion, Al, the last word, the limit.

( Phrases ). Facile princeps ; nullx secundus ; primus inter
pares ; a Triton among the minnows.

( Adverbs ). Beyond, more, over and above the mark, above
par, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height.
In a superior degree : eminently, pre- eminently, egregiously,

prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, principally,
especially, particularly, peculiarly, par excellence, a fortiori,

nil ultra.

Changes in Quantity

35. INCREASE ( Substantives ), 36. NON-INCREASE.
augmentation, enlargement , ex - ! DECREASE ( Substantives ), dimi-
tension, dilatation ( sec 194), in- nution, depreciation, lessening,
.
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crement, accretion, development, reduction, abatement , bating,
growth, swell, swelling, expan - declension, falling off, dwindling,

sion, aggrandisement, aggrava - contraction (195), shrinking, at-
tion, rise, exacerbation, spread, tenuation, extenuation, abridg-
-
diffusion (73), flood tide; acces - ment, curtailment (201), coarcta-
sion. tion, narrowing.

( Verbs ). To increase, augment, Subsidence, wane, ebb, decre-
enlarge, amplify, extend, dilate, ment.

swell, wax, expand, grow, 6tretch, ( Lerta). To decrease, diminish ,
shoot up, rise, run up, sprout, lessen, dwindle, decay, shrink ,
advance, spread, gather head, ag - contract, shrivel, fall off, fall
grandisc, odd, superadd, raise, away, waste, wear, wane, ebb,
heighten, strengthen, greaten, . decline, wear off, run low, grow

exalt, enhance, magnify, re- ; downward.
double, aggravate, exaggerate, To abridge, reduce, curtail , cut
exasperate, exacerbate. down, pare down, cut short ,

( Phrases ). To add fuel to the flock, etc. (201), bate, abate ,

flame; to pour oil on the flames, extenuate, lower, weaken, dwarf ;