ac-cresco (adc.), ēvi, ētum, 3, v. n., to grow, to become larger by growth, to increase.
I Lit.: nobis jam paulatim adcrescere puer incipiat, Quint. 1, 2, 1; so, adcrescens imperator, Amm. 27, 6, 13: eruca, Plin. 11, 32, 37, 112; ib. 35, 41, 118: 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, 112.—
b Of abstract subjects: valetudo decrescit, adcrescit labor, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4: amicitiam, quae incepta a parvis cum aetate adcrevit simul, Ter. And. 539: dolores, Nep. Att. 21, 4: invidia, Hor. S. 1, 6, 26: magnum facinus, Sen. Ben. 1, 10, 4.—
II Transf., in gen.
A 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,
B 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.