to raise; to increase

This year, Edinburgh began work on its fifteen-year regeneration project to transform its waterfront and provide its growing population with a new kind of living area.

As time went on, rules were added to the game to make it safer.

A qipao in the traditional style is made entirely by hand and requires labour-intensive manual tailoring techniques to enhance and exhibit every unique female form.

There was a steady increase in population.

You've put on weight, haven't you?