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ditescere

ditescere [CL] , to grow rich (also fig.). b to become (or count as) luxurious. c to enrich. infelix monachus ‥ nulla bonorum operum ubertate ~it Anselm (Ep. 37) III 146; occasione pauperum vobis ~ere non est bonum P. Blois Serm. 743D; nunquam voluit beneficiorum pluralitate ~ere R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 52.  b victus ditescit pauper, amatur / vilis, blanditur asper, dulcescit amarus; / nam raras capiunt epulas H. Avr. Hugh 299.  c [Deus] invigilat summo studio ditescere terram Gower VC II 607; distribuens sortes, ditescat ut inde cohortes Id. CT III 119.

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