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ag-grăvesco

ag-grăvesco

to become heavy

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What it meant

ag-grăvesco — Lewis & Short

ag-grăvesco (adg-), ĕre, 3,

I v. inch., to become heavy.
I Lit.: propinquitate parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 85 Rib.).—
II Fig., of sickness, to become violent, severe, dangerous: ne Philumenae magis morbus adgravescat, grow worse, be aggravated, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2.

Where it came from

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