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grow (1 is common with adjs.)
1. to become Tw.N. V. i. 93 “grew a twenty years removed thing,” 1H4 III. ii. 68, Cor. IV. iv. 21 “ dear friends,” Sonn. cliii. 7 “a cold valley-fountain . . . Which . . . grew a seething bath.”
2. to accrue, become due Err. IV. i. 8 “the sum . . . Is g-ing to me,” IV. iv. 123 “how the debt g-s,” Sonn. lxxxvii. 11.
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  • Cross-references in text-specific dictionaries from this page (7):
    • William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, 4.4
    • William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, 4.1
    • William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, 4.4
    • William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry IV, 3.2
    • William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Or what you will, 5.1
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, cliii
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, lxxxvii
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