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LEM

accrēscō, accrēscere, accrēvī, accrētus

adcrēscō, adcrēscere, adcrēvī, adcrētus

verb (3^rd conjugation)

to grow progressively, increase, become greater
[by metonymy] to come gradually into being, arise, grow up
to be attached to, bestowed on

Abbreviations

accrēscō (ad-c-) crēvī, crētus, ere, to grow progressively, increase, become greater: flumen subito: amicitia cum aetate adcrevit, T.: invidia, H.

— Meton., to come gradually into being, arise, grow up: dictis factisque vana fides, L.

— To be attached to, bestowed on: unde etiam trimetris accrescere iussit (iambus) Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderit ictūs, i. e. (the quickness of) the iambus caused the verse of six feet to be named trimeter, H.