auctĭto
āre
I.
v. doub. freq. [augeo, aucto], to increase or augment much (only in the two foll. exs.).
I.
Lit.: pecunias faenore, Tac. A. 6, 16.—
II.
In the lang. of sacrifices (cf.: augeo, auctifico, adoleo, macto, etc.), to honor by offerings: sacris numinum potentiam, Arn. 7, p. 220.