procresco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prō-cresco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n.

I To grow forth , spring up , arise , proceed (ante- and post-class.): quattuor ex rebus posse omnia procrescere, Lucr. 1, 715.—

B Trop.: vis morbi procrescit, Lucr. 6, 664.—

II To continue to grow , to grow up , grow larger , increase. *

A Lit.: res progigni et genitas procrescere posse, Lucr. 2, 566.—*

B Trop.: qui (amor) si officiorum ratione coleretur, non ultra myrtos laurusque procresceret, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 2 Mai.