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R / rĕ-cresco
verb intransitive

rĕ-cresco

2nd PP rĕ-crescere · 3rd PP rĕcrēvi · 4th PP rĕcrētum · conj. 3rd
to grow again; to grow up; increase again poetic ••
to grow again, to grow up or increase again (mostly poet. and post-Aug.): ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit, Lucr. 5, 260: favete nomini Scipionum, suboli imperatorum vestrorum, velut accisis recrescenti stirpibus, Liv. 26, 41 fin.: praecisa ossa, Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216: luna pleno orbe, Ov. H. 2, 5: recretis crinibus, that have grown again, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 560.
Perseus ID: n40654 Key: recresco