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LNS

gravescō, gravescere, -, -

gravis

verb (3^rd conjugation)

to become burdened or heavy
to become pregnant
to become grievous or bad, to grow worse
To be cumbered, embarrassed

Abbreviations

gravesco, ere, v. inch. n. [gravis], to become burdened or heavy (poet. and in postAug. prose). Lit. In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2, 429.

— In partic., to become pregnant: cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.

— Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse: aerumna gravescit, Lucr. 4, 1069: impetus, id. 6, 337: haec in morte, id. 3, 1022: valetudo Augusti, Tac. A. 1, 5: publica mala in dies, id. ib. 14, 51.

— To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25: peccato gravescit oratio, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5.