Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wax; increase.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
grow forth; grow to excess;increase ; come on.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forthwaxen, from Old English forþweaxan ("to break forth, burst forth"), equivalent to forth- + wax (“to grow, increase”).
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