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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>in-cresco</b>: ēvi, v. n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[grow]] in or [[upon]] [[any]] [[thing]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: non taedia animalium capillis increscunt, do not [[grow]] in the [[hair]], Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., to [[grow]], [[increase]]: lacrimis [[quoque]] flumina dicunt Increvisse suis, Ov. M. 11, 48: [[maxime]] [[cibo]] eget, qui increscit, Cels. 1, 3: ne cum increverint (arbores), Col. 3, 21.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[grow]] or [[increase]] in: animis discordibus irae, Verg. A. 9, 688.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., to [[increase]], [[augment]]: [[morbus]] increscit, Cels. 3, 2: [[dolor]], Sen. Med. 951: [[audacia]], Liv. 1, 33, 8: [[certamen]], id. 10, 5, 2: [[fremitus]], id. 45, 1, 3: increscere et invalescere sententiam, Dig. 33, 7, 12.— Rhet., to [[advance]] from weaker to stronger expressions: hoc [[genus]] increscit, Quint. 8, 4, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>incrēscō</b>,¹² ēvī, ĕre, intr.,<br /><b>1</b> croître sur [avec dat.] : Plin. 28, 163<br /><b>2</b> pousser, croître : Ov. M. 11, 48 ; Col. Rust. 3, 21 || s’accroître : Virg. En. 9, 688 ; Liv. 1, 23, 8 ; 10, 5, 2 || [rhét.] aller en gradation : Quint. 8, 4, 2.
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