crēbresco (in MSS. and edd. sometimes euphon. crēbesco, bŭi, like rubesco, from ruber), brŭi, 3
* V. inch. [creber], to become frequent, to increase, grow strong; of a rumor, report, to spread abroad (perh. not ante-Aug.; most freq. in Tac.): crebrescunt optatae aurae,Verg. A. 3, 530: gestus cum ipsā orationis celeritate,Quint. 11, 3, 111: horror,Verg. A. 12, 407: bellum,Tac. H. 2, 67: tum crebescere fragor,Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 8: seditio,Tac. H. 1, 39: licentia et impunitas,id. A. 3, 60: invidia,id. H. 3, 34: sermo,Verg. A. 12, 222; so, fama cladis Germanicae,Tac. H. 4, 12.—With a clause as subject: per socios crebrescit vivere Agrippam, etc.,is noised abroadTac. A. 2, 39.— Rare in perf. and pluperf.: jamque rumor publice crebuerat,App. M. 10, p. 247: tam multa bella ubique crebuerunt, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17.

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