in-grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I To weigh down : puppem, Stat. Th. 5, 402.—
II Transf.
A To cause its weight to be felt , to oppress , molest : saevitia hiemis ingravat, Plin. 19, 8, 51, § 166: annis ingravantibus, Phaedr. 5, 10, 3.—
B To render worse , to aggravate : ingravat haec saevus Drances, Verg. A. 11, 220: illa meos casus ingravat, illa levat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 60.—
C To make severe (eccl. Lat.): ingravavit cor suum, he hardened his heart , Vulg. Exod. 8, 15; in pass. , ib. 7, 14 al.