procresco

prō-cresco, ĕre, 3, 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.