verb transitive

in-grăvo

2nd PP in-grăvāre · 3rd PP in-grāvi · 4th PP in-grăvātum · conj. 1st

(poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To weigh down •

To weigh down: puppem, Stat. Th. 5, 402.—

by extension

To cause its weight to be felt; to oppress; molest •

To cause its weight to be felt, to oppress, molest: saevitia hiemis ingravat, Plin. 19, 8, 51, § 166: annis ingravantibus, Phaedr. 5, 10, 3.—

To render worse; to aggravate •

To render worse, to aggravate: ingravat haec saevus Drances, Verg. A. 11, 220: illa meos casus ingravat, illa levat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 60.—

To make severe •

To make severe (eccl. Lat.): ingravavit cor suum, he hardened his heart, Vulg. Exod. 8, 15; in pass., ib. 7, 14 al.

Perseus ID: n23393 Key: ingravo