excresco

Latin

Etymology

ex +‎ crēscō (to grow)

Pronunciation

Verb

excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to grow out, grow up
    Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, olēscō, glīscō
    Antonym: dēcrēscō
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to grow excessively

Conjugation

References

  • excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers