in-grăvesco, 3 (in tmesi:
* Inque gravescunt,Lucr. 4, 1250), v. inch. n., to grow heavy, become heavier.
* Lit.: corpora exercitationum defatigatione ingravescunt,Cic. de Sen. 11, 36: sal vix incredibili pondere ingravescit,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79. — Poet., to become pregnant: suscipiunt aliae pondus magis inque gravescunt,Lucr. 4, 1250.
* Transf., to increase; grow worse, to become burdensome: ingravescens morbus,Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16: ingravescens aetas,id. de Sen. 2, 6: corpora exercitationum defetigatione ingravescunt,id. de Sen. 11, 36: hoc studium quotidie ingravescit,grows more serious,id. Fam. 4, 4, 4: alter in dies ingravescit,id. Att. 10, 4, 2: annona, provisions grow dearer, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 5, 11: Verania mox ingravescit, clamat moriens, etc.,Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 5: falsis (rumoribus) ingravescebat,by false reports he sank deeper and deeper,Tac. H. 3, 54.

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