incresco

Italian

Verb

incresco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of increscere

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ crēscō (grow).

Pronunciation

Verb

incrēscō (present infinitive incrēscere, perfect active incrēvī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow in or upon
  2. to swell, or be swollen

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: increscere
  • Old French: encreistre

References

  • incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)