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gravesco

gravesco, to become burdened, grow heavy

grăvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [gravis],
  • to become burdened or heavy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
  • I Lit.
    • A In gen.: fetu nemus omne gravescit, i. e. becomes loaded, filled, Verg. G. 2, 429.—
    • B In partic., to become pregnant: cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 236.—
  • II Trop., to become grievous or bad, to grow worse: aerumna gravescit, Lucr. 4, 1069: impetus, id. 6, 337: haec in morte, id. 3, 1022: valetudo Augusti, Tac. A. 1, 5: publica mala in dies, id. ib. 14, 51.—
    • B To be cumbered, embarrassed, Ambros. de Virg. 1, 6, 25: peccato gravescit oratio, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 22, § 5.

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