supercresco

sŭper-cresco, crēvi, 3, v. n. and a.

I.

Neutr.

A.

Lit., To grow up, over, or upon:

carcinoma,

Cels. 5, 28, 2 fin.:

caro,

id. 5, 28, 22 init. —With dat., Serv. Verg. A. 3, 15.—

B.

Trop.:

fortuna quod supercresceret caritati, i. e.,

might join, be added to, Quint. Decl. 5 14 fin. —

II.

Act., to excel, outdo: municipalem habitum, August. c. Acad. 1, 2.