A / ac-cresco
verb intransitive

ac-cresco

2nd PP ac-crescere · 3rd PP ac-crescēvi · 4th PP ac-crescētum · conj. 3rd
to grow; to become larger by growth; to increase
to grow, to become larger by growth, to increase.
Lit.: nobis jam paulatim adcrescere puer incipiat, Quint. 1, 2, 1; so, adcrescens imperator, Amm. 27, 6, 13: eruca, Plin. 11, 32, 37; ib. 35, 41: flumen subito, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 97; so, nondum adcrescente unda, Tac. A. 2, 8: caespes jam pectori usque adcreverat, id. ib. 1, 19.—Part.: adcretus, in pass. sense, wrapped up, Plin. 11, 32, 37.—
Of abstract subjects: valetudo decrescit, adcrescit labor, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1,…
Of abstract subjects: valetudo decrescit, adcrescit labor, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4: amicitiam, quae incepta a parvis cum aetate adcrevit simul, Ter. And. 3, 3, 7: dolores, Nep. Att. 21, 4: invidia, Hor. S. 1, 6, 26: magnum facinus, Sen. Ben. 1, 10, 4.—
by extension
To be added to by way of increase; augmentation; to be joined
To be added to by way of increase or augmentation, to be joined or annexed to: si decem jugera (agri) alluvione adcreverint, Dig. 19, 1, 13, § 14: veteribus negotiis nova adcrescunt, Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 3: sibi adcrescere putat, quod cuique adstruatur, id. Pan. 62, 8: trimetris adcrescere jussit nomen iambeis, Hor. A. P. 252: cum dictis factisque omnibus vana accresceret fides, Liv. 1, 54, 2.—Hence,
to fall to one
Jurid. t. t., to fall to one, as an increase of his property, Gai. 2, 199; Dig. 12, 4, 12 al.: jus adcrescendi, the right of increase, Gai. 2, 126; Dig. 7, 2, 1, § 3 al.