ag-grăvesco

ĕre, 3
I. v. inch., to become heavy.
I. Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—
II. Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous: ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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