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in-crebresco , brŭi (also incrēbe-sco , bui), 3, v. n.,
I.to become frequent or strong, to increase, gain ground, prevail, spread (= crebrior fieri, augeri, crescere; “class.): mores deteriores,Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 9: “ventus,Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; cf.: “auster increbruit,Caes. B. C. 3, 26; Liv. 37, 13, 2: “nemorum murmur,Verg. G. 1, 359: “fama belli,Liv. 7, 12, 7: “ubi videt increbescere pugnas,Sil. 10, 1: “numerus,Cic. Or. 20, 66: “consuetudo,id. Phil. 14, 5: “nonnullorum sermo increbruit,id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 11: “inde rem ad triarios redisse, proverbio increbruit,grew into a proverb, Liv. 8, 8, 11: “disciplina, quae nunc increbruit,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7: “late Latio increbrescere nomen,Verg. A. 8, 14: “lucernae lumen hilaratum,became stronger, App. M. 5, p. 168.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.20.3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 14.5
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.7
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.14
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.359
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.26
    • Plautus, Mercator, 5.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 13.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 12
    • Cicero, De Optimo Genere Oratorum, 4.11
    • Cicero, Orator, 20.66
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