incresco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

in-crēscō ēvī, —, ere,

to grow upon: cuti squamas increscere, O.: saxum increscere ligno, grow over (i. e. encroach upon), O.—To grow, swell, be swollen: lacrimis quoque flumina dicunt Increvisse suis, O.—To grow into: seges iaculis increvit acutis, V.—Fig., to increase, grow, be augmented: audacia, L.: animis discordibus irae, V.