adgravesco

ag-grăvesco ( adg- ), ĕre, 3, v. inch., to become heavy.

I.

Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—

II.

Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous:

ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat,

grow worse, be aggravated, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2.