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in-cresco , ēvi, v. n.,
I.to grow in or upon any thing (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “non taedia animalium capillis increscunt,” do not grow in the hair, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163. —
B. In gen., to grow, increase: “lacrimis quoque flumina dicunt Increvisse suis,” Ov. M. 11, 48: “maxime cibo eget, qui increscit,” Cels. 1, 3: “ne cum increverint (arbores),” Col. 3, 21.—
II. Trop.
A. To grow or increase in: “animis discordibus irae,” Verg. A. 9, 688.—
B. In gen., to increase, augment: “morbus increscit,” Cels. 3, 2: “dolor,” Sen. Med. 951: “audacia,” Liv. 1, 33, 8: “certamen,” id. 10, 5, 2: “fremitus,” id. 45, 1, 3: “increscere et invalescere sententiam,” Dig. 33, 7, 12.— Rhet., to advance from weaker to stronger expressions: “hoc genus increscit,” Quint. 8, 4, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 5.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.48
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.688
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 1.3
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 33.8
    • Seneca, Medea, 951
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 4.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.21
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