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increbrescere

increbrescere [CL] 1 to increase in degree or intensity. adeo dolor ~uit quod omnis ei incedendi virtus ‥ deperiit R. Cold. Cuthb. 62 p. 122; cuique instat via universe carnis, lex dissolutionis, presertim cui langor ~uit Pull. CM 220; sole jam nobis propinquiore major incipit ~escere calor Alb. Lond. DG 8. 12. 2 to increase in frequency or prevalence, become widespread. qui ‥ mos adeo ~uit ut ‥ Bede HE III 9; ~uit, diffamatus [est] GlC I 156; Hypsipyle, sentiens vulgi murmur increbescere, metuens ne ‥ Natura Deorum 122; proverbium apud Hybernicos ~uit ut ‥ J. Furness Pat. 101; lugubres rumores de terra sancta increbuerunt M. Par. Maj. IV 559 tit.; 1314 increbescente rumore (Lit. cardinalium) Reg. Durh. I 627. 3 f. l. consona voce et intencione conclamabant: ‘sancte Edmunde, adjuva nos!’ quod dum †tempus increbruissent [Samson Mir. Edm. II 3: crebrius increpuissent], cepit aqua minui que navem occupaverat NLA II 633.

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