grow Copy link Outline A. Intr.I. To increase by g.ing1. cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 (of all kinds of growth)2. augeor, augesco3. ădŏlesco, lēvi, ădultum, 3 (to g. to maturity)4. nascor, nātus, 3 (to be produced5. prōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with pron. refl. or as pass. = to shoot up)II. To becomeB. Trans.I. To cultivateII. To suffer to grow; e. g. hair • grow: A. Intr.: I. To increase by g.ing: 1. cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 (of all kinds of growth): trees g., arbores c., Lucr.: infants g., infantes c., Quint.: Atlas grew to an immense size, A. crevit in immensum, Ov.: Cic. In same sense also incresco: a person who is g.ing most needs food, maxime cibo eget qui increscit, Cels. 1, 3, ad fin.: Col. 2. augeor, augesco: v. to increase. 3. ădŏlesco, lēvi, ădultum, 3 (to g. to maturity): an herbaceous verdure which g.s gradually, viriditas herbescens, quae sensim a., Cic. Sen. 15, 51: until the hair should g., quoad capillus adolesceret, Gell. 17, 9, fin.: to g. in size or thickness, a. in amplitudinem, crassitudinem, Plin. 4. nascor, nātus, 3 (to be produced: of vegetables): mistletoe g.s upon the fir, viscum in abiete n., Plin. 16, 44, 93: (the branch) on which the grapes g., unde n. uvae, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, init.: hazels g. from slips, plantis coryli n., Virg. G. 2, 65. 5. prōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with pron. refl. or as pass. = to shoot up): nor does any tree g. more rapidly, nec ulla arborum avidius se p., Plin. 16, 26, 44. Also act. = to let g., esp. to allow to g. long or wild: to let boughs g. longer, ramos longius p., Col. 5, 6, ad init.: to let the hair or beard g. long, capillam, barbam, p., Liv. 6, 16. Simly, immitto, 3: that vine is let g. without pruning for producing grapes, ea vitis immittitur ad pariendas uvas, Varr. R. R. 1, 31: Virg. Aen. 3, 593. Phr.: the place where frankincense g.s, ubi tus gignitur, Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 89: everything which g.s in the earth, omnia quae terra gignit, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: v. to produce. II. To become: fīo, factus, fĭĕri: v. to become. (N.B.--To grow with an adj. may often be expr. by an incept. verb: e. g. to g. light, lūcesco, lūcisco; to g. black, white, green, nigresco, albesco, viresco: see the respective adjj.) B. Trans.: I. To cultivate: sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3: g. no tree in preference to the sacred vine, nullam sacra vite prius severis arborem, Hor. Od. 1, 18, 1: the mistletoe is incapable of being g.n in any way, viscum omnino satum nullo modo nascitur, Plin. 16, 44, 93: v. to cultivate, plant. II. To suffer to grow; e. g. hair: prōmitto, immitto, 3: v. supr. A (5).