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verb intransitive

in-cresco

3rd PP in-crescēvi
to grow in; upon
to grow in or upon any thing (perh. not ante-Aug.).
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Lit.: non taedia animalium capillis increscunt, do not grow in the hair, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163. —
to grow; increase •
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.—
figuratively
To grow; increase in •
To grow or increase in: animis discordibus irae, Verg. A. 9, 688.—
to increase; augment; to advance from weaker to stronger expressions ••
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.
Perseus ID: n22611 Key: incresco