in-gravēscō -, -, ere, inch. ingravo, to grow burdensome, be wearied: corpora exercitationum defatigatione ingravescunt.

—To increase, be aggravated, grow worse: morbus ingravescens: ingravescens aetas: in dies, becomes oppressive: annona ingravescere consuevit, to grow dearer, Cs.

— To grow in importance: hoc studium cottidie ingravescit, becomes more engrossing.