(verb) : ag-grăvo (adg-), āvi, ātum, 1, (first used in the Aug. per., and only in prose writers; perh. formed by Livy, who uses it very often)
* To add to the weight of, to make heavier.
* Lit.: adgravatur pondus,Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 117: adgravavit jugum nostrum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 10: compedem meum,ib. Thren. 3, 7.
* Fig.
* In gen., to make worse or more dangerous, to aggravate: quo (bello) si adgravatae res essent,Liv. 4, 12: odor adgravans capita,Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 79: ictus,id. 28, 4, 7, § 37: vulnera,id. 28, 3, 6, § 31: dolorem,Curt. 8, 10: proelium,Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 3: quare aggravatis corda vestra?i. e. harden,ib. 1 Reg. 6, 6.
* Esp., to oppress, to burden, annoy, incommode: sine ope hostis, quae adgravaret,Liv. 44, 7 fin.: morbo adgravante (eum),Suet. Caes. 1: beneficia rationes nostras adgravatura,Sen. Ben. 4, 13: argumenta, quae per se nihil reum adgravare videantur,appear to be without weight,Quint. 5, 7, 18.

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