I.v. inch. n. [crudus], to grow harsh or violent, to increase, grow worse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; “perh. not before Virg.): coepit crudescere morbus,” Verg. G. 3, 504; so, “pugnae,” id. A. 7, 788: “ferrum magicā linguā,” Sil. 1, 431: “irae,” Stat. Th. 2, 680; cf.: “crudescente irā,” Just. 8, 4, 4: “seditio,” Tac. H. 3, 10: “noxa,” Symm. Ep. 8, 57.
crūdesco , dŭi, 3,