excresco

== Latin == === Etymology === ex +‎ crēscō (“to grow”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈskreːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈskrɛs.ko] === Verb === excrēscō (present infinitive excrēscere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation, no passive (intransitive) to grow out, grow up Synonyms: crēscō, adolēscō, accrēscō, olēscō, glīscō Antonym: dēcrēscō (intransitive, figuratively) to grow excessively ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “excresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers