prō-cresco

ĕre, 3
I. v. inch. n.
I. To grow forth, spring up, arise, proceed (ante- and post-class.): quattuor ex rebus posse omnia procrescere, Lucr. 1, 715.—
B. Trop.: vis morbi procrescit, Lucr. 6, 664.—
II. To continue to grow, to grow up, grow larger, increase. *
A. Lit.: res progigni et genitas procrescere posse, Lucr. 2, 566.—*
B. Trop.: qui (amor) si officiorum ratione coleretur, non ultra myrtos laurusque procresceret, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 2 Mai.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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