Escalate

[Vitas]

I like that term today.

 

[Conti94]

....and why is that vitas??

 

[Vitas]

Carry forward. Never look behind.

 

[Conti94]

Carry forward. Never look behind.

Good statement.

 

[torquemonkey]

That term is used with a certain sense of angst in my Dept. I like it very much too.

 

[TheDude]

I think you're thinking of a different word. Not trying to nit-pick you though, just didn't want you to misuse it.

Main Entry: es·ca·late
Pronunciation: 'es-k&-"lAt, ÷-ky&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: back-formation from escalator
intransitive senses : to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope <a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one -- Arnold Abrams>
transitive senses : EXPAND 2
- es·ca·la·tion /"es-k&-'lA-sh&n, ÷-ky&-/ noun
- es·ca·la·to·ry /'es-k&-l&-"tOr-E, -"tor-, ÷-ky&-/ adjective

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escalate

 

[Vitas]

to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope <a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one -- Arnold Abrams>
transitive senses : EXPAND 2

Works for me.