ē-valēscō luī, -, ere, inch, to grow strong: ut quaeque gens evaluerat, Ta.

— Fig., to grow, develop, ripen: multa secutura quae adusque bellum evalescerent, Ta.: nationis nomen evaluisse, came into vogue, Ta.: tempus in suspicionem evaluit, i. e. was such, as to cause, Ta.

— With infin, to avail: medicari cuspidis ictum, V.: pervincere sonum, H.