in-crēscō ēvī, -, ere, to grow upon: cuti squamas increscere, O.: saxum increscere ligno, grow over (i. e. encroach upon), O.

—To grow, swell, be swollen: lacrimis quoque flumina dicunt Increvisse suis, O.

—To grow into: seges iaculis increvit acutis, V.

—Fig., to increase, grow, be augmented: audacia, L.: animis discordibus irae, V.